TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - A possible classification of suicidal acts based on Murray's need system
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Shneidman, E. S.
SP  - 175
EP  - 181
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - Recently, Baechler (in his book Suicides) stated that the central question for suicidological investigation was: "What kind of people seek what solutions to what problems by means of suicide?" It can be argued that the principal problems of human beings relate to the frustration of their satisfaction of a variety of psychological needs. Thus, a full accounting of human needs might furnish a psychologically meaningful basis for a better understanding of suicidal events. Happily, such an explication already exists (in Henry Murray's Explorations in Personality). A classification of suicidal acts based on Murray's need system is proposed. A brief example is given.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -