Suicide Prevention

Resources for the Millennium

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2000
Brunner-Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-87630-987-2 (ISBN)

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Presents an evaluation of the past, presentt, and future of suicidal behavior and efforts to prevent or facilitate suicide. Authors from varying disciplines of psychology, sociology, and psychiatry analyze suicide in the opening chapters

This study presents an evaluation of the past, present and future of suicidal behaviour and efforts to prevent or facilitate suicide. Authors from the varying disciplines of psychology, sociology and psychiatry analyze suicide in the opening chapters. Through the exploration of the roles of these disciplines, the roles of primary physicians, and the impact of suicide prevention education in schools, the contributors describe the history of suicidology and the changes necessary for improvement. The book concludes with a section detailing the goals and activities of organizations designed to prevent or facilitate suicide.

Lester, David

Part I Understanding Suicide; 1. The Epidemiology of Suicide, David Lester; 2. Sociological Research into Suicide, Steven Stack; 3. Psychological Research into Suicide: Past, Present, and Future, James R. Rogers; 4. Suicide and Aggression: Are they Biologically Two Sides of the Same Coin, H.M. van Praag; Part II Approaches to Preventing Suicide; 5. Public Health and Suicide Prevention, Lloyd B. Potter; 6. ::, Ronald L. Bonner2; 7. Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention, Alec Roy; 8. Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients, Thomas E. Ellis; 9. Helplines and Crisis Intervention Services: Challenges for the Future, Brian L. Mishara, Marc Daigle; ch0010 The Role of Primary Physicians in Preventing Suicide: Possibilities, Short-Comings, and the Challenge in Reaching Male Suicides, Wolfgang Rutz; 11. Helping Suicide Survivors, Norman L. Farberow; 12. Suicide Prevention in Schools: Resources for the Millennium, Antoon A. Leenaars; Part III The Organizations; 13. The Origin of Suicide Prevention in the United States, M. David Wallace; 14. The American Association of Suicidology: Past, Present, and Future, Alan Berman, Virginia Lindahl; 15. Crisis Services; 16. Right-To-Die Organizations; 17. International Organizations;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.10.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-87630-987-2 / 0876309872
ISBN-13	978-0-87630-987-2 / 9780876309872
Zustand	Neuware