"The Harvard Guide puts the best and the brightest of consulting suicidologists on the practicing clinician's bookshelf, . . . . must-read." (Lanny Berman, executive director, American Association of Suicidology)

"[This book] presents the most up-to-date material and combines this framework with practical suggestions for the clinician. This is sure to become a classic." (Alan F. Schatzberg, Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor and chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine)

"The threat of suicide is riveting; its reality is devastating; it is our life-or-death clinical challenge. This volume is the singularly comprehensive, authoritative, definitive, and useful text on suicide. We are now strengthened for our work." (Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

"For the clinician needing help with a suicidal patient?this is your book. For the student or researcher seeking the state of the art on suicide?this is your book." (Robert M. A. Hirschfeld, Titus Harris Distinguished Professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston)