Helps the reader to understand the suicidal mind from a phenomenological point of view Promotes an approach to suicide prevention that stresses the role of empathy Highlights the insights offered by neuroimaging studies and the role of mirror neurons in social cognition Examines the feelings of clinicians when confronted with potentially suicidal patients. This book will help the reader to understand the suicidal mind from a phenomenological point of view, shedding light on the feelings of suicidal individuals and also those of clinicians. Following the importance that the phenomenological approach attaches to subjectivity and sense of self as the starting points for knowledge, emphasis is placed on the need for the clinician to focus on the subjective experiences of the at-risk individual, to set aside prior assumptions, judgments, or interpretations, and to identify ways of bridging gaps in communication associated with negative emotions.
