Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Postvention

by GROLLMAN, EARL A.

• ISBN13: 9780807027073
• ISBN10: 0807027073
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-05-02
• Publisher: Beacon Press

Summary

Updated and Expanded Edition Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This updated and expanded edition contains a discussion of euthanasia and living wills and a list of crisis centers around the United States.

Author Biography

Earl A. Grollman, a pioneer in the field of crisis intervention, was rabbi of the Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Massachusetts, for 36 years. A certified death educator and counselor, he was cited as "Hero of The Heartland" for his work with the families and volunteers of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Dr. Grollman has spoken at many colleges, clergy institutes, seminaries, physicians' forums, and hospital nursing associations, and has frequently addressed support groups such as The Compassionate Friends and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He has also appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Children's Journal, All Things Considered, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He was featured on National Public Radio's The End of Life: Exploring Death in America series in the roundtable discussion on grief and bereavement.

He is the author of several books including Living When a Loved One Has Died, Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers, and Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide.

Table of Contents

Suicide: The Problem	1	(13)
Views on Suicide throughout History	13	(14)
Suicide: The Theorists	27	(8)
Suicide: The Social Context	35	(27)
Clues to Suicide: Prevention	62	(14)
Helping the Potential Suicide: Intervention	76	(12)
When Suicide Is Committed: Postvention	88	(17)
Euthanasia: Killing and Letting Die	105	(7)
A Summons for Community Action	112	(11)
Conclusion	123	(2)
Appendix	125	(20)
Bibliography	145