Entries offer information on the causes, history, and psychology of suicide and includes coverage of current research and listings of associations and crisis centers.

Table of Contents

• Foreword: Suicidal Behavior and Its Aftermath
• A
• addiction
• alcohol-enabled suicide
• alcoholism
• alprazolam (Xanax)
• antidepressants
• anxiety disorders
• athletes
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• B
• Baby Boomers
• benzodiazepines
• bereavement
• bipolar disorder
• bridges and suicide
• bullying
• C
• cancer
• celebrity suicides
• childhood abuse
• children and suicide
• chronic pain
• cocaine
• college students
• combat veterans
• cults
• cultural beliefs
• D
• demographic elements of suicide
• depression
• divorce and break-ups
• doctors who commit suicide
• drug-enabled suicide
• dual diagnosis
• E
• eating disorders
• elderly
• F
• family members and coping with suicide
• firearms
• G
• gays, lesbians, and bisexuals
• H
• heredity
• I
• illnesses and procedures linked to suicide
• impulsivity
• incarceration
• L
• life insurance
• M
• men and suicide
• methods of suicide
• murder-suicide
• myths and inaccuracies about suicide
• O
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• P
• physician-assisted suicide
• poisons
• posttraumatic stress disorder
• prescription drug abuse and dependence
• psychiatric disorders
• psychosis
• R
• rape and sexual assault
• religion
• S
• schizophrenia
• self-help organizations
• self-injurious acts
• signs of potential suicide
• stages of grief
• suicidal behavior after the suicide of a loved one
• suicidal gestures and attempts
• suicide
• suicide contagion
• suicide hotlines
• suicide in adolescents and teenagers
• suicide notes
• suicide pact
• suicide prevention
• suicide worldwide
• U
• unemployment
• unintentional death
• V
• very high suicide risk situations
• W
• women and suicide