Psychotherapy with Suicidal People

Almost a million people die by suicide every year (WHOestimate)

The sheer numbers have made suicide prevention a major healthtarget, but effective prevention is not straightforward. Suicide isa complex event, more complex than most of us imagine, calling foran equally complex response.

Psychotherapy with Suicidal People provides a multi-componentapproach, with rich clinical data including many case histories, toguide the reader. Based on decades of research from across theglobe, Antoon A. Leenaars takes the reader into the mind of thesuicidal person, from the young to the elderly, from the anonymousto the famous. There is no better way to know, and thus to treat, aperson.

A plethora of special features makes this volume an internationalclassic and includes:

Reflections of many suicidologists such as Heraclitus, Plato,Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim and Edwin Shneidman.
A unique window on the clinical mind of the author.
Empirically supported definition, with applications acrossage,gender, historical time, as well as culture.
The report of the International Working Group on Ethical andLegal Issues in Suicidology. Psychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-centred Approach isessential reading for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists andtheir trainees, and all clinicians who work with suicidal people.