TY - JOUR A1 - Cantor, Chris T1 - Letter across the Pacific – 8th letter in a series JF - Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1999), pp. 5-7. [Online ISSN 2151-2396] [doi.org/10.1027//0227-5910.20.1.5] N2 - Responds to a letter by Lanny Berman. The author agrees with Berman that the >Sex, Lies and Videotape< Clinton show is yet another superb soap opera from the USA. Berman mentioned that perfectionistic, high-achieving males may be at risk of suicide in the context of shame, when their goals are frustrated, and asked if it was a reasonable example of blocked escape. The author thinks it is a common error in understanding the concept of blocked escape to assume that we are talking about depression having an adaptive element in the current world. Berman also mentions >freedom and choice are pathways towards survival. But wasn't it Erich Fromm who posited that for some, just the opposite is true?< This issue concerns the author because in a well-functioning society, adolescents must learn certain skills from more experienced individuals. Berman's final question is, >Should we develop better models to enforce working collaborations when they might not occur voluntarily?< Certainly we should upgrade our interaction skills so that patients are voluntarily more inclined to concur with our advice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Y1 - 1999 ER -