The cry for help
By: edited by Norman L. Farberow [and] Edwin S. Shneidman. Foreword by Robert H. Felix.
Contributors: Shneidman, Edwin S., joint ed.
Publisher: Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Suicide.; Suicide -- Bibliography.
Description: This film depicts several situations in which police must contend with suicides or suicide attempts. The situations include those who attempt suicide while in jail, a young man in college who uses a rifle, a young woman living at home using pills, a middle-aged man who contemplates using a handgun when he finds out he has a severe health problem, and another woman who slashes her wrists.
Notes: Includes bibliographies. "Bibliography on suicide, 1897-1957": p. 325-388.