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Self-Destruction and Sexual Perversion (IN: Essays in Self-Destruction, ed. by E S Shneidman)
Weisman A D
The author examines the relationship between sexual perversion & suicidal behavior, describing this association in psychoanalytical terms. Three case histories are used as illustrations of eroticized self-destruction in the form of either suicide attempts, sadomasochistic acts, or self-extinction. (NBB)