The case against preventing suicide prevention: Comments on Szasz.

Comments on the article by T. Szasz (see record 1986-27453-001) advocating against coercive suicide prevention. The present author emphasizes that people may feel differently about committing suicide after the passage of a suicidal crisis, that suicide cannot be reversed, and that it has traumatic implications for the survivors. The issue of professional liability and malpractice is also discussed. The present author maintains there are higher-order values to be considered and protected. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)