Clues to Suicide An Investigation Author:Edwin S. Shneidman, Norman L. Farberow Forward written by Karl A. Menninger, M.D. — Back cover: — Every minute someone in the United States either kills himself or attempts suicide. Sixty to seventy time a day the attempt succeeds. Why do so many seem to despair? Who are these people? Could anything have been done to save them? Few books have attempted seriously to ask these impor... more »tant questions,let alone to answer them. Here the editors, with 12 psychiatrists, a psychologist, 2 sociologists, a psychiatric social worker, and a lawyer present the most recent theoretical concepts of suicide with practical methods to cope with this tragic problem.« less