Psychotherapy and Suicide

Herbert Hendin, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.469

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Psychotherapy can be successful with suicidal patients if the therapist does not reduce therapy to management and control of the patient; understands the ways in which the patient uses his potential death as part of his adaptation; and avoids specific countertransference pitfalls. Case examples are provided.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 35 • Number 4 • 1981, pp. 465–612

Pages: 469 - 480

PubMed: 7325261

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Published in print: 1981, pp. 465–612

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Herbert Hendin, M.D.^†

Montrose, N.Y.

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The work on which this article is based was supported by National Institute of Mental health Grants MH 20818 and MH 32769. The material in this article will be part of a forthcoming book Suicide in America to be published by W. W. Norton & Company.

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Director, Center for Psychosocial Studies, VA Medical Center, Montrose, New York 10538. Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College.

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