Bookedited by Danuta Wasserman ; foreword by Norman L. Farberow and Shekhar Saxena.
Summary: 'Suicide' examines the pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and psychosocial measures adopted by psychiatrists, GPs, and other health-care staff, and emphasizes the need for a clearer psychodynamic understanding of the self if patients are to be successfully recognized, diagnosed and treated.
Contents:
Section I Epidemiology
Suicide in the world, Alexandra Fleischmann
Section II Theoretical models of suicide behaviour
Stress-vulnerability model of suicidal behaviours / Danuta Wasserman and Marcus Sokolowski
The suicidal process / Danuta Wasserman
Neurobiology of suicide and attempted suicide / J. John Mann and Victoria Arango
Social dimensions of suicide / Ilkka Henrik Makinen
Section III Risk groups for suicide
IIIA Psychiatric disorders
Depression, bipolar disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
Alcohol, other psychoactive substance use disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
Anxiety and suicide / Jan Fawcett
Eating disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
Adjustment disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
Suicide risk in schizophrenia / Alec Roy and Maurizio Pompili
IIIB Personality disorders
Personality disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
IIIC Somatic disorders
Physical illnesses and suicide / Jouko Lonnqvist
Section IV Risk situations for suicide
Negative life events and suicide / Danuta Wasserman
Suicidal people's experiences of trauma and negative life events / Danuta Wasserman
Attempted suicide as a risk factor for suicide / Lars Mehlum
Immigrant populations and suicide / Ahmed Hankir and Dinesh Bhugra
Suicide in the Criminal Justice System / Marco Sarchiapone
Suicide in the Armed Forces / Vsevolod A. Rozanov
Section V Age-related suicide
Adolescent suicide and attempted suicide / Alan Apter and Yari Gvion
Older adults and suicide / Siobhan T. O'Dwyer and Diego De Leo
Section VI Suicide Risk Assessment
Suicide risk assessment / Danuta Wasserman
The suicidal patient-doctor relationship / Danuta Wasserman
Heuristics and biases in suicide risk assessment / Gergo Hadlackzy
Psychometric scales in suicide risk assessment / Per Bech, Lis R. Olsen, and Goran Hogberg
Strategies in suicide prevention / Danuta Wasserman
Section VII Suicide prevention
VIIA Health care perspective
Pharmacological treatment of underlying psychiatric disorders in suicidal patients / Hans-Jurgen Moller
Psychological Treatments for Suicidal Individuals / Megan Chesin, Andriy Yuryev, and Barbara Stanley
Education of general practitioners in depression and suicide prevention / Wolfgang Rutz and Zoltan Rihmer
Collaboration between psychiatrists and other physicians / Jean-Pierre Soubrier
The work environment for healthcare staff / Danuta Wasserman
A psycho-educational perspective on family involvement in suicide prevention and postvention / Karl Andriessen and Karolina Krysinska
VIIB Public Health Perspective
Perestroika in the former USSR: history's most effective suicide-preventive programme for men / Danuta Wasserman and Airi Varnik
Controlling the environment to prevent suicide / Annette L. Beautrais
Suicide prevention through the Internet / Vladimir Carli
Suicide prevention in schools / Danuta Wasserman and Veronique Narboni.