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The Aeschi Working Group

MEETING THE SUICIDAL PERSON

The therapeutic approach to the suicidal patient

 
 
     

John T. Maltsberger, M.D.

 
 
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Publications

Maltsberger JT. Countertransference in Borderline Conditions, Some Further Notes. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 1982-1983; 9:125-134.

Maltsberger JT. Consultation in a Suicidal Impasse. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 1984-1985; 10:131-171.

Maltsberger JT. Suicide Danger: Clinical Estimation and Decision. Suicide and Life -Threatening Behavior. 1988; 18: 47-54

Maltsberger JT, Rosenberg ML. The Interface between Empirical Suicide Research and Clinical Practice. Crisis. 1990; 11:3-10.

Maltsberger JT. Psychotherapy with Older Suicidal Patients.
Journal of Gerontological Psychiatry 24: 217-234, 1991

Maltsberger JT. Suicide in Old Age: Psychotherapeutic Intervention. Crisis. 12: 25-32, 1991.

Maltsberger JT. Dreams and suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 23: 55-62, 1993.

Maltsberger JT. A career plundered. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 23: 285-291, 1993 (Reprinted in Sussman, MB, Editor, A Perilous Calling. New York: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 226-234)

Maltsberger JT. Calculated risks in the treatment of intractably suicidal patients. Psychiatry, 57: 199-212, 1994.

Maltsberger JT. Calculated risk taking in the treatment of suicidal patients: Ethical and legal problems. Death Studies, 18: 439-452, 1994

Maltsberger JT, Buie DH. The psychotherapist as an accomplice in suicide. Italian Journal of Suicidology, 4: 75-81, 1994

Maltsberger JT, Battin M, Canetto S, Clark D, Conwell Y, Mishara B, O'Carroll P, Rubey C, Shneidman E. Report of the task force on euthanasia and physician-assisted death, The American Association of Suicidology. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 26: Supplement, 1-19, 1996

Maltsberger JT. Culture and ego-ideal in suicide: An adult case. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 27: 28-33, 1997

Maltsberger JT. Ecstatic suicide. Archives of Suicide Research , 3: 283-301, 1997

Maltsberger JT An Explication of ”Rational Suicide,” Its Definitions,
Implications, and Complications. Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss, 3: 177-192, 1998

Ronningstam E. and Maltsberger JT Pathological Narcissism and Sudden Suicidal Collapse. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 28: 261-271, 1998

Buie DH, Maltsberger JT. The Psychological Vulnerability to Suicide. In: Jacobs D, Brown HN, eds. Suicide, Understanding and Responding. Madison, Connecticut: International Universities Press, 1989, 59-72.

Maltsberger JT. The Prevention of Suicide in Adults. Leenaars A, ed., Life Span Perspectives of Suicide. New York: Plenum Press, 1991, 295-307

Maltsberger JT, Lovett C. Suicide in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Silver D, ed. Handbook of the Borderline Personality Disorder. Madison, Connecticut, International Universities Press, 1992, 335-387

Maltsberger JT. The psychodynamic formulation: an aid in assessing suicide risk. Maris, R. W., Berman, AL, Maltsberger, JT, and Yufit, RI, eds., Assessment and Prediction of Suicide. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992, 25-49

Maltsberger JT. The Implications of Patient Suicide for the Surviving Psychotherapist. In: Jacobs D, ed. Suicide in Clinical Practice. Washington: American Psychiatric Press, 1992, 167-182.

Maltsberger JT and Lovett CG. Psychodynamic Approaches to the Assessment and Management of Suicide. In Bongar, BM, ed., Suicide: Guidelines for Assessment, Management, and Treatment. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, 160-175

Maltsberger JT. Confusions of the Body, the Self, and Others in Suicidal States. In Leenaars, AA, ed., Suicidology: Essays in Honor of Edwin S. Shneidman. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1993, 148-171.

Maltsberger JT, Jobe T, Stauffacher DG. Supporting the Family of a Suicidal Person: Those Who Live in Fear. In Clark, DC, ed., Clergy Response to Suicidal Persons and Their Family Members. Chicago: Exploration Press, 1993, 73-82

Jobes, DJ, Maltsberger, JT. The Hazards of Treating Suicidal Patients. In Sussman, M, ed., A Perilous Calling: The Hazards of Psychotherapy Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995, 200-214.

McCullough PK, Maltsberger JT. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. In Gabbard, G, ed., Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders. Washington, D. C.: American Psychiatric Press, 1995, 2367-2376

Maltsberger JT. Suicide. In Sacks M, Sledge WH, Warren C, eds. Core Readings in Psychiatry: An Annotated Guide to the Literature. Washington, D. C.: the American Psychiatric Press, 1995, 355-363

Maltsberger, JT. Pathological Narcissism and Self-Regulatory Processes in Suicidal Behavior. In Ronningstam, E, ed., Disorders of Narcissism-- Theoretical, Empirical and Clinical Implications. Washington, D. C.: The American Psychiatric Press 1998, pp. 327-344

17. Maltsberger JT. Psychotherapy of the Suicidal Patient. In Clark DC, Fawcett J, Hollon S, eds., Therapies for Suicidal Behavior. Washington, D. C.: The American Psychiatric Press (accepted for publication)

Maltsberger JT. The Psychodynamic Understanding of Suicide. In Jacobs, D., Ed., Harvard Medical School Guide to Assessment and Intervention in Suicide. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. Pp. 72-82

Maltsberger JT Countertransference in the Treatment of the Suicidal Borderline Patient. In Gabbard, GO, Ed., Countertransference in the Treatment of Borderline Patients, Annual Review of Psychiatry. Washington, D. C. The American Psychiatric Press, 1999. Pp. 27-43

Books, Monographs, and Text Books

Buie, DH, and Maltsberger, JT, The Practical Formulation of SuicideRisk, Cambridge, Mass.: The Firefly Press, 609 Franklin Street, 1983

Maltsberger, JT, Suicide Risk: The Formulation of Clinical Judgment. New York: New York University Press, 1986 (Translated into Japanese by Takahashi, Y. (1994) Tokyo: Seiwa Shoten

Maltsberger, JT, The Church of the Advent--First Years, Boston: The Church of the Advent, 1986

Maris RW, Berman AL, Maltsberger JT, and Yufit RI, Editors. Assessment and Prediction of Suicide. New York: The Guilford Press, 1992

Leenaars A, Maltsberger JT, and Neimeyer RA, Editors. The Treatment of Suicidal People. Washington, D. C.: Taylor and Francis, 1994

Maltsberger JT and Goldblatt MJ, Editors. Essential Papers on Suicide. New York: New York University Press, 1996

Case Reports:

Maltsberger JT. The suicide of Marigold Perry, Berman, AL. Editor. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 22: 396-405, 1992.

Maltsberger JT, Klepser MB, Weinberg E. Diffusion of Responsibility in the Care of a Difficult Patient. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 25: 415-421, 1995

Maltsberger JT, Choras P, Lovett CG. Samantha Morrisey: Suicide and the need for support. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 26, 519-525, 1996

Maltsberger JT, Clark D, Motto J. The Case of Ellen West Revisted. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 86-97, 1996

Maltsberger JT, Gabbard G, Paris J. Theresa O’Hanley, ”Persona Non Grata.” Suicide and Life -Threatening Behavior, 26, 187-194, 1996

Maltsberger JT, Gill MJ, Orbach I. Roberta Hyalos: A case of hidden psychosis. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 308-314, 1996

Maltsberger JT, Hendin H, Lipschitz A. In conscience’s talons: The suicide of a Vietnam veteran. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 424- 430, 1996

Maltsberger JT. Culture and Ego-Ideal in Suicide: An Adult Case. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 27: 28-33, 1997

Maltsberger JT, Klein A, Pfeffer CR. Ted, Suicide in an Adolescent Storm. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 27: 225-230, 1997

Maltsberger JT, Bostwick JM. John Holland: The near-death of a frightened sailor. Specific phobia and suicide-related behavior. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 27: 311-316, 1997

Maltsberger JT, Ellison J, Lovett CG. Robert Salter: Attempted Suicide by Jumping from a High Bridge. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 28: 226-233, 1998

Maltsberger JT, Sakinofsky I, Aruna J. Mansur Zaskar: A man almost bored to death. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 30. 83-90, 2000


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