Background
Offer, Daniel was born on December 24, 1930 in Berlin, Germany.
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Suicide And Homicide Among Adolescents
( The problem of violence among youth has become increasi...)
The problem of violence among youth has become increasingly serious. Issues related to adolescent suicide and, to a lesser extent, adolescent homicide have been addressed in the literature, yet few experts have focused on the connections that exist between the two. This groundbreaking volume examines the clinical and epidemiologic similarities and differences between youth suicide and homicide, offering valuable insights into both issues, and providing a foundation for the development of public health policies and prevention strategies. The authors address such questions as: * What are the current rates of adolescent homicide and suicide? What are the long-term trends? * What is the relationship between homicide and suicide? * Is there more of a problem now than in years past? * Is there a relationship between youth violence and the media? * Who is most likely to commit suicide and/or homicide? * What types of treatment and prevention strategies might prove most effective? Ideal for professionals in the various mental health fields, this book is also valuable for anyone working with homicide offenders and the families of suicide and homicide victims, including social workers, politicians, police, clergy, and emergency room personnel.
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The Teenage World: Adolescents’ Self-Image in Ten Countries
(A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescen...)
A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescence is not, as has been previously assumed, a developmental stage that was defined after the industrial revolution. There is substan tial historical evidence to suggest that adolescence and youth, as a stage, was recognized by the ancient Romans, Greeks, and even Egyp tians. The concept survived through the Dark Ages. In Le Grand Pro prietaire, written in 1556, it is stated: "The third age, which is called adolescence, . . . ends in the twenty-first year . . . and it can go on till thirty or thirty-five. The age is called adolescence because the person is big enough to beget children. In this age the limbs are soft and able to grow and receive strength and vigor from natural heat" (Aries, 1962, p. 21). The span of years devoted to adolescent development varies in different cultures and with different definitions. The term adolescence is no longer equivalent to pubescence. "Adolescence" is a psycho social-biological stage of development that corresponds to changes in many areas which accompany the transition from childhood to adult hood. The working definition of adolescence we use is the stage of life that starts with puberty and ends at the time when the person has attained a reasonable degree of independence from his parents. Once in high school or its equivalent, the vast majority of teenagers have al ready undergone the biological changes of puberty.
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Normality Theoretical and Clinical Concepts of Mental Health
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The Diversity Of Normal Behavior: Further Contributions To Normatology
(helpful re: normal range of behaviors)
helpful re: normal range of behaviors
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Daniel Offer
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Graduate, University of Chicago, 1957.
Career
Intern, Illinois Research and Ednl. Hospitals, Chicago, 1957-1958;
resident, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1958-1961;
psychiatrist, Chicago Institute Psychoanalysis, 1963-1968;
career investigator, National Institute Mental Health, Psychosomatic and Psychiatric Institute, Michael Reese Hospital, 1961-1964;
assistant director, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training, Chicago, 1961-1964;
associate director, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training, 1965-1974;
co-director, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training, 1974-1976;
acting chairman, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training, 1976-1977;
chairman, Institute Psychosomatics and Psychiatric Research and Training, 1977-1987;
director, Center for Study of Adolescence, 1987-1990. Associate professor psychiatry University of Chicago, 1969-1973, professor, 1973-1990, professor psychiatry Northwestern University, since 1991.
Fellow Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1973-1974.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Teenage World: Adolescents’ Self-Image in Ten Countries
(A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescen...)
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Suicide And Homicide Among Adolescents
( The problem of violence among youth has become increasi...)
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The Diversity Of Normal Behavior: Further Contributions To Normatology
(helpful re: normal range of behaviors)
- The Adolescent
- Normality Theoretical and Clinical Concepts of Mental Health
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The Teenage World: Adolescents’ Self-Image in Ten Countries
Membership
Served with Israeli Army. Fellow Chicago Institute Medicine, American Society Adolescent Psychiatry (president 1972-1973, Schonfeld Memorial award for research 1985, John P. Hill Memorial award1990).
Connections
Married; 3 children.
