SHAME AND SUICIDE: A CASE STUDY

Building on a recent paper by Lester (1997) on shame and suicide, a case is presented of a woman who made a serious attempt to kill herself, motivated in large part by shame. The therapeutic strategies employed are described, and the case brought to a successful resolution.

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Published in:	Death studies Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 157 - 162
Main Author:	Lester, John Kalafat, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Informa UK Ltd 01-03-2000 Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects:	Case studies Community Relations Developmental Tasks Emotions Female Females Grief Health technology assessment Humans Middle Aged Modeling (Psychology) Psychology Psychotherapy Resistance (Psychology) Shame Suicide Suicide - psychology Suicides & suicide attempts United States United States
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Summary:	Building on a recent paper by Lester (1997) on shame and suicide, a case is presented of a woman who made a serious attempt to kill herself, motivated in large part by shame. The therapeutic strategies employed are described, and the case brought to a successful resolution.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	0748-1187 1091-7683
DOI:	10.1080/074811800200621