Suicide Prevention: Resources for the Millennium / Edition 1

by David Lester

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138009721
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contributors ix

Series Foreword xi

Preface xiii

I Understanding Suicide

Chapter 1 The Epidemiology of Suicide David Lester 3

Chapter 2 Sociological Research into Suicide Steven Stack 17

Chapter 3 Psychological Research into Suicide: Past, Present, and Future James Rogers 31

Chapter 4 Suicide and Aggression: Are They Biologically Two Sides of the Same Coin Herman van Praag 45

II Approaches to Preventing Suicide

Chapter 5 Public Health and Suicide Prevention Lloyd B. Potter 67

Chapter 6 Moving Suicide Risk Assessment into the Next Millennium: Lessons from Our Past Ronald Bonner 83

Chapter 7 Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention Alec Roy 103

Chapter 8 Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients Thomas Ellis 19

Chapter 9 Helplines and Crisis Intervention Services: Challenges for the Future Brian Mishara Marc Daigle 153

Chapter 10 The Role of Primary Physicians in Preventing Suicide: Possibilities, Short-Comings, and the Challenge in Reaching Male Suicides Wolfgang Rutz 173

Chapter 11 Helping Suicide Survivors Norman Farberow 189

Chapter 12 Suicide Prevention in Schools: Resources for the Millennium Antoon A. Leenaars 213

III The Organizations

Chapter 13 The Origin of Suicide Prevention in the United States David Wallace 239

Chapter 14 The American Association of Suicidology: Past, Present, and Future Alan Berman Virginia Lindahl 255

Chapter 15 Crisis Services: 265

Befrienders international: Volunteer Action in Preventing Suicide Vanda Scott 265

The International Federation of Telephonic Emergency Services Eliane Bezençon 274

Lifelines International and Suicide Clyde Dominish 282

Chapter 16 Right-To-Die Organizations 285

The Hemlock Society Faye Girsh 285

The Power of Hope and the Freedom to Choose Assisted-Dying; Compassion in Dying Michael Bonacci 291

Chapter 17 International Organizations 299

The International Association for Suicide Prevention Robert D. Goldney Norman L. Farberow Nils Retterstol 299

The international Academy for Suicide Research Diego De Leo Armin Schmidtke 304

Index 313

Editorial Reviews

5 Stars! from Doody

Reviewer: Leslie J. Stein, R.N., Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge base and research related to suicide. This book also includes information from the Hemlock Society and other organizations advancing the rights of terminally ill individuals to choose their time to die.
Purpose: The author's purpose is to review the suicide research of the 1990s and to present state-of-the-art treatment techniques for suicide prevention. The author also seeks to point clinicians toward future research and prevention ideas. These are worthy goals, and the author achieves them in this comprehensive book.
Audience: This book targets all practitioners in the field of mental health, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, school psychologists, social workers, nurses, crisis counselors, and researchers. I concur with the targeted audience, and the editor is among the leading experts in the field of suicidology.
Features: This work covers the current research on suicide through the 1990s, from a sociological perspective as well as from a clinical perspective. It explores clinical techniques for suicide prevention, examines resources available worldwide to clinicians for suicide prevention, and includes a discussion of suicide from the right to die perspective. Research data is well organized into useful tables.
Assessment: This book provides the most thorough review of the field of suididology I have found. The research is current, cutting edge, and fascinating. The clinical review provides useful, practical interventions for clinicians. The book includes a discussion of organizations dedicated to preventing and promoting suicide; this challenges clinicians to examine our own beliefs about suicide and individuals' rights.

Doody's Review Service

"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge base and research related to suicide. This work covers the current research on suicide through the 1990's, from a sociological perspective, as well as from a clinical perspective.The clinical review provides useful, practical interventions for clinicians."
"This book provides the most thorough review of the field of suicidology I have found. The research is current, cutting edge, and fascinating. 5 Stars!" — Doody Publishing

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