title: Theories of suicidal behavior applied to Sylvia Plath.
abstract: The suicide of Sylvia Plath is examined from the perspective of 15 theories of suicidal behavior and is found to fit best with psychoanalytic and cognitive theories of suicide, in particular those of Aaron Beck, Henry Murray, and Edwin Shneidman.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*