The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention

Editor/Author O'Connor, Rory C. and Pirkis, Jane
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Wiley

Single-User Purchase Price: $195.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $292.50
ISBN: 978-1-118-90327-8
Category: Psychology
Image Count: 41
Book Status: Available
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The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention, 2nd Edition, presents a series of readings that consider the individual and societal factors that lead to suicide, it addresses ways these factors may be mitigated, and presents the most up-to-date evidence for effective suicide prevention approaches.

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Table of Contents

    • Notes on Contributors
    • Introduction
    • Part I: Suicidal Determinants and Frameworks
    • Chapter 1: Challenges to Defining and Classifying Suicide and Suicidal Behaviors
    • Chapter 2: International Perspectives on the Epidemiology and Etiology of Suicide and Self-Harm
    • Chapter 3: Self-Harm: Extent of the Problem and Prediction of Repetition
    • Chapter 4: Major Mood Disorders and Suicidal Behavior
    • Chapter 5: Schizophrenia, Other Psychotic Disorders, and Suicidal Behavior
    • Chapter 6: Substance Use Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: A Conceptual Model
    • Chapter 7: Personality Disorders and Suicidality
    • Chapter 8: The Association Between Physical Illness/Medical Conditions and Suicide Risk
    • Chapter 9: Relationships of Genes and Early-Life Experience to the Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior
    • Chapter 10: Understanding the Suicidal Brain: A Review of Neuropsychological Studies of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
    • Chapter 11: Visualizing the Suicidal Brain: Neuroimaging and Suicide Prevention
    • Chapter 12: Present Status and Future Prospects of the Interpersonal–Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior
    • Chapter 13: The Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior: An Update
    • Chapter 14: Sociological Perspectives on Suicide: A Review and Analysis of Marital and Religious Integration
    • Chapter 15: Inequalities and Suicidal Behavior
    • Chapter 16: Economic Recession, Unemployment, and Suicide
    • Part II: Intervention, Treatment, and Care
    • Chapter 17: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
    • Chapter 18: Prevention and Treatment of Suicidality in Older Adults
    • Chapter 19: Therapeutic Alliance and the Therapist
    • Chapter 20: Clinical Care of Self-Harm Patients: An Evidence-Based Approach
    • Chapter 21: After the Suicide Attempt—The Need for Continuity and Quality of Care
    • Chapter 22: Management of Suicidal Risk in Emergency Departments: A Clinical Perspective
    • Chapter 23: Treating the Suicidal Patient: Cognitive Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
    • Chapter 24: Lessons Learned from Clinical Trials of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
    • Chapter 25: Modes of Mind and Suicidal Processes
    • Chapter 26: Brief Contact Interventions: Current Evidence and Future Research Directions
    • Chapter 27: Delivering Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Interventions to Reduce Suicide Risk
    • Chapter 28: Helplines, Tele-Web Support Services, and Suicide Prevention
    • Part III: Suicide Prevention: Bringing Together Evidence, Policy, and Practice
    • Chapter 29: Suicide Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    • Chapter 30: Suicide in Asia: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention
    • Chapter 31: Cultural Factors in Suicide Prevention
    • Chapter 32: Suicide Prevention Strategies: Case Studies From Across the Globe
    • Chapter 33: Rurality and Suicide
    • Chapter 34: Why Mental Illness Is a Risk Factor for Suicide: Implications for Suicide Prevention
    • Chapter 35: Suicide Prevention Through Restricting Access to Suicide Means and Hotspots
    • Chapter 36: Reducing Suicide Without Affecting Underlying Mental Health: Theoretical Underpinnings and a Review of the Evidence Base Linking the Availability of Lethal Means and Suicide
    • Chapter 37: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide
    • Chapter 38: Suicide Prevention Through Personal Experience
    • Chapter 39: Time to Change Direction in Suicide Research
    • Chapter 40: Suicide Research Methods and Designs
    • Chapter 41: School-Based Suicide Prevention Programs
    • Chapter 42: Media Influences on Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
    • Chapter 43: Suicide Clusters
    • Chapter 44: Making an Economic Case for Investing in Suicide Prevention: Quo Vadis?