This edited book includes 22 chapters on suicide & the creative arts. Part 1 examines suicide in painting & the traditional visual arts. Part 2 is on the depiction of suicide in the movies. Suicide in literature is discussed in Part 3. Part 4 looks at understanding suicide through the arts & Part 5 is on suicide among artists. Part 6 discusses contagion & Part 7 reviews the creative arts & psychotherapy. Part 8 contains the concluding chapter in which points of departure & data sources for future work in this area are discussed.