Suicidal Thoughts - by Max Malikow (Paperback)

About the Book

Suicidal Thoughts is a compilation of some of the most moving and insightful writing accomplished on the topic of suicide. It presents the thoughts and experiences of fifteen writers who have contemplated suicide-some on a professional level, others on a personal level, and a...

Book Synopsis

Suicidal Thoughts is a compilation of some of the most moving and insightful writing accomplished on the topic of suicide. It presents the thoughts and experiences of fifteen writers who have contemplated suicide-some on a professional level, others on a personal level, and a few, both personally and professionally. Through this collection, the reader is able to bear witness to the struggle between life and death and to the devastating aftermath of suicide. Suicidal Thoughts provides readers with a better understanding of the reasons why some individuals give serious consideration to killing themselves.

Review Quotes

"It is a testimony to Max Malikow's long devotion to understanding suicide, as well as his editorial acumen, that this book grabs our hearts for both the questions it makes us consider and the people it helps us to understand." --Maria DiTullio Ed.D, associate professor of psychology, Le Moyne College

"This is a useful, perhaps unique resource, compact and provocative like a good poem." --Metapsychology Online

"This is a set of essays that may not appeal to all readers, but which readers will nonetheless feel compelled to finish. Suicidal Thoughts gives the reader much about which to think." --Peter M. Gutierrez Ph. D., president, American Association of Suicidology