AUTOPSY OF A SUICIDAL MIND

Book ID/图书代码： 02901204B07946

English Summary/英文概要： Autopsy of a Suicidal Mind is a uniquely intensive psychological analysis of a suicidal mind. In this poignant scientific study, Edwin S. Shneidman, a founder of the field of suicidology, assembles an extraordinary cast of eight renowned experts to analyze the suicidal materials, including a ten-page suicide note, given to him by a distraught mother looking for insights into her son’s tragic death. The psychological autopsy centers on the interviews conducted by Shneidman with Arthur’s mother, father, brother, sister, best friend, ex-wife, girlfriend, psychotherapist, and attending physician. To gain some understanding of this man’s intense psychological pain and to examine what may have been done to save his tortured life, Shneidman approached the top suicide experts in the country to analyze the note and interviews: Morton Silverman, Robert E. Litman, Jerome Motto, Norman L. Farberow, John T. Maltsberger, Ronald Maris, David Rudd, and Avery D. Weisman. Each of the eight experts offers a unique perspective on Arthur’s tragic fate, and the sum of their conclusions constitutes an extraordinary psychological autopsy. This book is the first of its kind and a remarkable contribution to the study of suicide. Mental health professionals, students of human nature, and persons whose lives have been touched by this merciless topic will be mesmerized and enlightened by this unique volume. An epistemological tour de force, it will speak to anyone who is concerned with human self-destruction.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 32岁的阿瑟（受过高等教育并从事法律专业工作）自杀，其母带着阿瑟自杀前写下的遗书，找到施耐德曼教授，希望教授对她儿子悲剧性的死提供见解。这本书就是对阿瑟之死的一份心理学解剖报告。年过80的施耐德曼教授为此案投入极大的心力，事后他称这一工作heartbreaking。全书包含对阿瑟亲人（父母和兄弟姐妹）、前妻、女友的详细访谈纪录，还包括施耐德曼邀请的全美顶级自杀分析专家贡献的相关意见，由此构成全面、深入的心理解剖。关于自杀，作者的核心观点认为，自杀的作用是阻断不可承受的意识流动（往往源自羞辱、内疚、愤怒、孤独或者无望），这是因心理需要受阻或没有实现而引起的精神痛苦——施耐德曼称之为“心痛”(psychache)。治疗者的中心任务是，针对患者受挫的心理需要抚慰心痛。
这本书属于全新种类，可谓对自杀研究领域的独到贡献。这本书既是心理健康等相关专业人员的基本参考文献，而且，由于此书有相当的可读性，加上处理的又是一个大问题，所以，任何关心人之本性的人，以及许多自杀者的亲人和朋友，都可能成为本书的读者。

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