title: The suicide of Anne Sexton.
abstract: Anne Sexton, a distinguished poet, killed herself in 1974. Sexton's poems, many of which deal with suicide, read together with a richly researched recent biography--enhanced by the biographer's access to tapes of Sexton's sessions with her psychiatrist and by a foreword by that psychiatrist--permit an unusual opportunity to understand the interrelationship of her illness, her treatment, and the meaning of suicide in her life.
authors.affiliation: American Suicide Foundation, New York, NY 10028.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hendin
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012649:Self Concept; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States