Orbach, I. (1988). Children who don't want to live. In Hebrew by Bar-Ilan University, Israel; in English by Jossey-Bass, USA (1988); in Italian by Guinty Press (1990); in German by Sommlung Vandenhoeck (1990); in Bulgarian by Bulvest-2000 (1998); and in Chinese: Taiwan (2001).

Orbach, I. (1995). The hidden mind: Psychology, psychotherapy, and unconscious processes. Sussex, England: John Wiley. (English) (translation and additions to Hebrew version)

Orbach, I. (2000). A tearless cry: The story of a suicidal woman. Tel-Aviv: Schocken. (also forthcoming in English)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Orbach, I. (1978). Unique characteristics in children's suicidal behavior. In V. Aalberg (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention. Helsinki: Finnish Association for Mental Health.

Orbach, I., & Glaubman, H. (1979). Causes of death as perceived by suicidal, disturbed, and normal children. In A. Devries & A. Carmi (Eds.), The dying human (pp. 57-69). Tel-Aviv: Turtledove Publishing.

Orbach, I., Glaubman, H., & Gross, Y. (1979). Psychological aspects of suicidal children: A dynamic model based on eleven case studies. Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the International Association of Suicide Prevention, Ottawa, Canada.

Carlson, A. G., & Orbach, I. (1981). Depression and children's attitudes toward death and suicide. I. Proceedings of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Washington, DC.

Orbach, I. (1987). Assessment of suicidal behavior in young children: Case demonstrations. In F. R. W. Diekstra & K. Hawton (Eds.), Suicide in adolescents. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff.

Orbach, I. (1988). Het beoordelen van suicidaal gedrag bij jonge kinderen, geillustreerd met enkele gevallen. In W. H. G. Wolters, R. F. W. Diekstra, & C. W. M. Kienhorst (Eds.), Suicidaal gedrag bij kinderen en adolescenten. Baarn, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ambo bv.

Orbach, I. (1988). The unresolvable problem in suicidal children. In S. Lesse (Ed.), Understanding and treating suicidal behavior. New York: Jason Aronson.

Orbach, I., Apter, A., Gorchover, O., Tyano, S., & Har-Zahav, S. (1989). Death anxiety in a psychiatric population of suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. In B. Lerne et al. (Eds.), New directions in affective disorders. New York: Springer.

Carlson, G., Asarnow, J. R., & Orbach, I. (1994). Developmental aspects of suicidal behavior. II. In G. Noam & S. R. Borst (Eds.), New directions in child development (pp. 93-107). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Orbach, I. (1994). A suicidal tendency scale. In K. J. Corcoran & J. Fischer (Eds.), Measures for clinical practice. New York: Free Press.

Orbach, I. (2000). Self-destructive processes in the Israeli political reality. In Y. Peri (Ed.), The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (pp. 129-138). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Orbach, I. (in press). Prevention of children's and adolescents' suicide. In R. King & A. Apter (Eds.), Suicide prevention in children and adolescents. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

SPECIAL MANUSCRIPTS

Orbach, I., Morris, A., & Chen, A. (1988). Suicide prevention program for the Israeli army (pp. 1-38). Israel Defense Forces, Department of Mental Health.

Orbach, I., & Bar-Joseph, H. (1988). A suicide prevention program for Israeli high schools (pp. 1-42). Ministry of Education, and the Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Orbach, I. (1991). Suicide survivors-Bereavement and treatment. Israel Ministry of Defense, Department of Rehabilitation.

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS (refereed)

Orbach, I. (1977). Impulsive cognitive style: Three modification techniques. Psychology in the Schools, 14(3), 354-359.

Orbach, I., & Glaubman, H. (1977). Unique characteristics in children's suicidal behavior. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention (Vol. 9, pp. 382-388). Helsinki, Finland.

Glaubman, H., & Orbach, I. (1977). How healthy is "healthy insomnia?": A case study of an extremely short sleeper. Waking and Sleeping, 1, 395-399.

Glaubman, H., & Orbach, I. (1978). REM deprivation and divergent thinking. Psychophysiology, 1, 75-81.

Orbach, I., & Glaubman, Y. (1978). Suicidal, aggressive, and normal children's perception of personal and impersonal death. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34(4), 850-857.

Orbach, I. (1978). The victim's reaction to an attack as a function of his perception of the attack and the attacker following a verbal insult. European Journal of Social Psychology, 8, 453-465.

Orbach, I., & Glaubman, H. (1979). Perception of death and suicidal behavior in young children. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 18(4), 668-678.

Orbach, I., & Glaubman, H. (1979). Children's perception of death as a defensive process. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88(6), 671-674.

Glaubman, H., Orbach, I., et al. (1979). The effects of presleep focal attention load on subsequent sleep patterns. Psychophysiology, 16(5), 467-470.

Glaubman, H., Orbach, I., et al. (1979). REM need in adolescents as indicated by resistance to REM deprivation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 48, 251-254.

Orbach, I. (1980). Attraction and repulsion to life and death in young children. Advances in Thanatology, 4(2), 85-97.

Orbach, I., Gross, Y., & Glaubman, H. (1981). Some common characteristics of latency age suicidal behavior. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 11(3), 180-190.

Orbach, I., & Hadas, Z. (1982). The elimination of learned helplessness deficits as a function of induced self-esteem. Journal of Research in Personality, 16, 511-523.

Orbach, I., Feshbach, S., Carlson, G., Glaubman, H., & Gross, Y. (1983). Attraction and repulsion by life and death in suicidal and in normal children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51(5), 661-670.

Orbach, I. (1984). Personality characteristics, life circumstances and dynamics of suicidal children. Death Education, 8, 37-52. (Supplement: Suicide: Practical, developmental, and speculative issues)

Orbach, I., Feshbach, S., Carlson, G., & Ellensberger, I. (1984). Attitudes toward life and death in suicidal, normal, and chronically ill children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52(6), 1020-1027.

Orbach, I., Gross, Y., Glaubman, H., & Berman, D. (1984). Children's perception of death in humans and animals as a function of age, anxiety, and cognition. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26(3), 453-463.

Orbach, I., Gross, Y., Glaubman, H., & Berman, D. (1984). Children's perception of various determinants of the death concept as a function of intelligence, age, and anxiety. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 15(2), 120-126.

Orbach, I. (1986). The "unsolvable problem" as a determinant in the dynamics of suicidal behavior in children. American Journal of Psychotherapy, XL(4), 511-520.

Orbach, I. (1986). Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents. Psychology and Consultation in Education, 1(2), 212-222. (Hebrew)

Orbach, I., Rosenheim, E., & Hary, E. (1987). Some aspects of cognitive functioning in suicidal children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26(2), 181-185.

Orbach, I., Iluz, A., & Rosenheim, E. (1987). Meaning of life and its relation to age, integration of personality, and fear of death. International Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10(2), 225-239.

Carlson, G. A., Asarnow, J. R., & Orbach, I. (1987). Developmental aspects of suicidal behavior in children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26(2), 186.

Orbach, I., Talmon, O., Kedem, P., & Har-Even, D. (1987). Sequential patterns of five subconcepts of human and animal death in children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 26(4), 578-582.

Orbach, I. (1989). Familial and intrapsychic splits in suicidal adolescents. American Journal of Psychotherapy, July XLIII(3), 356-367.

Orbach, I., Bar-Joseph, H., & Dror, N. (1989). Styles of problem solving in suicidal individuals. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 20, 56-64.

Orbach, I., Yablon, Y., & Itskowitz, R. (1990). Adolescents' adjustment to boarding school as a function of separation anxiety, communication with parents, and therapeutic intervention. International Journal of Educational Psychology, 11, 243-252.

Orbach, I., Milstein, I., Har-Even, D., Apter, A., Tiano, S., & Elizur, A. (1991). A multi-attitude suicide tendency scale for adolescents. Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3, 398-404.

Orbach, I., & Florian, V. (1991-92). Attitudes toward life and death, religiosity, and gender in Israeli children. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying, 24, 139-149.

Orbach, I., Vinkler, E., & Har-Even, D. (1993). The emotional impact of frightening stories on children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 34, 379-389.

Orbach, I., & Bar-Joseph, H. (1993). The effectiveness of a suicide prevention project. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 23, 120-129.

Orbach, I., Kedem, P., Gorchover, O., Apter, A., & Tyano, S. (1993). Fears of death in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102(4), 553-558.

Orbach, I. (1994). Dissociation, physical pain, and suicide: A hypothesis. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 24, 68-79.

Orbach, I. (1994). Job-A Biblical message on suicide. Journal of Psychology and Judaism, 3, 241-247.

Orbach, I., Shopen-Kofman, R., & Mikulincer, M. (1995). The impact of subliminal symbiotic vs. identification messages in reducing anxiety. Journal of Research in Personality, 28, 492-504.

Orbach, I., Weiner, M., Har-Even, D., & Eshel, Y. (1995). Children's perception of death and interpersonal closeness to the dead person. Omega, 30, 1-12.

Orbach, I., Lotem-Peleg, M., & Kedem, P. (1995). Attitudes towards the body in suicidal, depressed, and normal adolescents. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 25(20, 211-221.

Mikulincer, M., & Orbach, I. (1995). Attachment styles and repressive defensiveness: The accessibility and architecture of affective memories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 5, 917-925.

Apter, A., Gothelf, D., Orbach, I., Weizman, R., Ratzoni, G., Har-Even, D., & Tyano, S. (1995). Correlation of suicidal violent behavior in different diagnostic categories in hospitalized adolescent patients. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(7), 912-918.

Gothelf, D., Apter, A., Ratzoni, G., Orbach, I., Weizman, R., Tyano, S., & Pfeffer, C. (1995). Defense mechanisms in severe adolescent anorexia nervosa. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 1648-1654.

Orbach, I., Kedem, P., Herman, L., & Apter, A. (1995). Dissociative tendencies in suicidal, depressed, and normal adolescents. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 14, 393-408.

Orbach, I., Palgi, Y., Stein, D., Har-Even, D., Lotem-Peleg, M., & Asherov, J. (1996). Pain tolerance in suicidal, psychiatric, and normal subjects. Death Studies, 20, 227-240.

Orbach, I., & Mikulincer, M. (1996). Repressive coping style and the architecture of emotions in repressors and nonrepressors: Is it that simple? British Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 459-471.

Orbach, I., Stein, D., Palgi, Y., Asherov, J., Har-Even, D., & Elizur, A. (1996). Tolerance for physical pain in accident and suicide attempt patients: Self-preservation vs. self-destruction. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 30, 307-320.

Orbach, I. (1996). Roberta Hyalos: Going to pieces in a suicidal crisis-A case consultation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 308-313.

Orbach, I. (1996). The role of the body experience in self-destruction: Early attachment and suicidal tendencies. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1, 607-619.

Orbach, I. (1997). A taxonomy of factors related to suicidal behavior. Clinical Psychology: Theory and Research, 4, 208-224.

Orbach, I., Mikulincer, M., King, R., Cohen, D., & Stein, D. (1997). Thresholds and tolerance for physical pain in suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65(4), 646-652.

Apter, A., Gothelf, D., Offer, R., Ratzoni, G., Orbach, I., Tyano, S., & Pfeffer, C. (1997). Suicidal adolescents and ego defense mechanisms. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1520-1527.

Orbach, I. (1997). Dynamic aspects of suicidal behavior in adolescents. Italian Journal of Suicidology, 2, 87-98.

Mikulincer, M., Orbach, I., & Iavnieli, D. (1998). Adult attachment style and affect regulation: Strategic variations in subjective self-other representations of suicidal adolescents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 436-448.

Orbach, I., Mikulincer, M., Stein, D., & Cohen, D. (1998). Self-representations of suicidal adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 435-446.

Apter, A., Orbach, I., Weitzman, A., & Har-Even, D. (1998). Anorexia, aggression, and suicidal behavior in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,

Orbach, I., & Mikulincer, M. (1998). The Body Investment Scale: Construction and validation of a scale of the body experience. Psychological Assessment, 10, 415-425.

Orbach, I., & Mikulincer, M. (1999). The subjective experience of problem irresolvability in suicidal adolescents: Dynamics and measurement. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 29, 150-164.

Orbach, I. (1999). Brief cognitive therapy for depressed and suicidal adolescents. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 4, 593-596.

Zalsman, G., Netanel, R., Fischel, T., Freudenstein, O., Landau, E., Orbach, I., Weitzman, A., Pfeffer, C., & Apter, A. (2000). Drawings of suicidal adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 1024-1031.

Orbach, I. (in press). How would you listen to a person on the roof? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.

Orbach I. Suicide and the suicidal body. 2002 Dublin Award Address. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003 Spring;33(1):1-8.

Orbach I, Mikulincer M, Sirota P, Gilboa-Schechtman E. Mental pain: a multidimensional operationalization and definition. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003 Fall;33(3):219-30.

Orbach I, Mikulincer M, Gilboa-Schechtman E, Sirota P. Mental pain and its relationship to suicidality and life meaning. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2003 Fall;33(3):231-41.

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