Relating to self-harm and suicide : psychoanalytic perspectives on practice, theory and prevention / edited by Stephen Briggs, Alessandra Lemma and William Crouch
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Developments in theory; Chapter 1 Psychoanalysis and suicide: process and typology; Chapter 2 The father transference during a pre-suicide state; Chapter 3 Self break-up and the descent into suicide; Chapter 4 Who is killing what or whom?: Some notes on the internal phenomenology of suicide; Chapter 5 A psychoanalytical approach to suicide in adolescents; Chapter 6 Treatment priorities after adolescent suicide attempts
Summary
Relating to Self-harm and Suicide presents studies and research from contemporary psychoanalysts, therapists and academics focussing on the psychoanalytic understanding of suicide and self-harm, and how it can be applied to clinical work and policy
