Part 1 The Case; Chapter 1 The Inman Diary: Some Reflections, Edwin S. Shneidman; Part 2 Assessment and Crisis Intervention; Chapter 2 A Clinical Model for Suicide Risk Assessment, Michael J. Kral, Isaac Sakinofsky; Chapter 3 Crisis Centers and Their Role in Treatment: Suicide Prevention Versus Health Promotion, C. James Frankish; Chapter 4 Crisis Intervention with Highly Lethal Suicidal People, Antoon A. Leenaars; Part 3 Therapeutic Approaches; Chapter 5 Psychotherapy for Suicidal Clients, David Lester; Chapter 6 Family Therapy for Suicidal People, Peter McLean Steven Taylor; Chapter 7 Treatment of the Suicidal Adolescent, Alan L. Berman, David A. Jobes; Chapter 8 Psychotheraphy with Older Suicidal Adults, Joseph Richman; Chapter 9 Gender Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Individuals, Silvia Sara Canetto; Chapter 10 Suicide and Terminal Illness, Peter M. Marzuk; Part 4 Psychiatric Issues; Chapter 11 Psychopharmacotherapy of Suicide, Andrew Edmund Slaby; Chapter 12 Hospitalization of the Suicidal Patient, Mark J. Goldblatt; Chapter 13 Managing Suicidal Inpatients, Lloyd I. Sederer; Part 5 Clinical and Legal Issues; Chapter 14 Essential Clinical and Legal Issues When Working with the Suicidal Patient, Bruce Bongar, Sheila A. Greaney; Chapter 15 Calculated Risk-Taking in the Treatment of Suicidal Patients: Ethical and Legal Problems, John T. Maltsberger; Chapter 16 The Ten Most Common Errors of Suicide Interventionists, Robert A. Neimeyer, Angela M. Pfeiffer; Part 6 Applications to the Case; Chapter 17 The Inman Diary: Some Reflections on Treatment, Antoon A. Leenaars, John T. Maltsberger;