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Peer reviewedShneidman, Edwin S. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1980
Argues that human acts are intended to satisfy human needs. A typology of suicidal acts parallels a classification of general human needs. This classification can be found in Murray's "Explorations in Personality" (1938). Twenty-one suicide-need types are defined. (Author)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classification, Models, Need Gratification
