When Suicide Beckons: A Psychoanalyst's Memoir

Bhaskar Sripada explores the analytic challenges of treating grief and suicidal depression in his memoir When Suicide Beckons. Written for laypersons and practicing clinicians, the book offers insight into how analysis works from both the patient's and analyst's point of view. Dr. Sripada discusses how his professional analytic training and patient-evoked reactions shaped his actions. Additionally, this book clarifies the benefit of a psychoanalytic perspective in today's troubled world.

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