The Suicide Syndrome: Origins, Manifestations, and Alleviation of Human Self-Destructiveness (RC 569 G47 1985)

The “suicide syndrome” is a developmental approach to suicide, which starts in infancy and results in the expression of three adult suicidal types: the antipathic, synpathic and apathic suicidal personalities. Different motivations and crises are defined for each type and methodologies for treating them are discussed.