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.

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?