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$10.95 UJju^O jJZU DAVID REYNOLDS K. and NORMAN FARBEROW L. This unique book describes research aimed at examining the causes of suicide among psychiatric patients. To study the effects of ward environment on depressed, sui- cidal patients, David K. Reynolds adopted the identity of a severely depressed young war veteran by the name of David Kent, received treatment in a psychiatric hos- pital, and wrote an account of the inter- action between his social world and his psychological functioning. This research tactic, called experiential research, is supplemented by the more traditional methods of anthropological participant observation and interviewing among sui- cidalpatients and staffin anotherhospital. Viewing the ward as a small social system, the authors ask the following questions: How do role groups on the ward view suicide? What solutions do staff members offer the suicidal patient in handling his self-destructive tendencies? How is a suicidal identity established and maintained? What are the costs and re- wards associated with suicidality? The authors have included a review of other studies of suicide in psychiatric hos- pitals and compare the experience of Reynolds, the pseudo patient, with other written accounts of similar experiences. They offer a broad framework for under- standing suicides during and shortly after psychiatric hospitalization and have some suggestions for meaningful suicide pre- vention. Suicide: Inside and Out David K. Reynolds and Norman L. Farberow University of California Press Berkeley • Los Angeles • London 1976 University ofCalifornia Press Berkeley and LosAngeles, California University ofCalifornia Press, Ltd. London, England Copyright©1976 byThe Regentsofthe University ofCalifornia ISBN: 0-520-03103-2 Library ofCongressCatalogCard Number: 75-22661 Printed in the United States ofAmerica
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