Suicide Prevention: The Global Context / Edition 1

by Robert J. Kosky, Hadi S. Eshkevari, Robert D. Goldney, Riaz Hassan

Overview

Munara, ngai wanggandi Marni na pudni Lairma yertaamma. Wortangga, Mami na pudni Banba-banbalyanna. Tirramangkotti turiduri ngarkuma birra. Ngai Birko-mankolankola Tandanyanku. Naityo Yungadalya, Yakkandulya. First, let me welcome you all to Kaurna country. Next, I welcome you all to the S- cide Prevention Conference as an ambassador of the Adelaide people. For thousands of years, Kaurna people have held conferences in this country with the Nukunu, the Ngadjuri, and the Narrunga. Whole groups of Aboriginal people came - gether and had Banba-banbalya, which was a conference, discussed their differences and new ideas. This country has always had education and the Kaurna people were the edu- tors. I'm proud to say they led the way in conferencing and education. All of the univer- ties in this state have Kaurna names for their Aboriginal Education Units. The University of South Australia has the Kaurna Higher Education Centre as its main campus and the Yunguni ("to communicate") building at the new campus, Yunggondi, which means "to give information," is at the Flinders University. The Adelaide University has Woldo Yerlo, which means "sea eagle" and is the totem of my aunt. Aunty Glad was the matriarch of the Kaurna people in this city and also helped found Tauondi, which became the Aboriginal College. She helped introduce Aboriginal people to f- malized education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306458156
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1998
Series:	NATO Asi Series, Series A: Life
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Addresses to the Conference. Opening Address from the South Australian Minister of Health. Suicide Prevention as a Mission. Durkheim Oration. Norman Farberow: 1. A legend in Suicide Prevention. Suicide. Beyond the Tower of Babel: A Nomenclature for Suicidology. Familial Risk Factors for Adolescent Suicide: A Case-Control Study. Suicidal Behavior Runs in Families: A Controlled Family Study of Adolescent Suicide Victims. Suicides in Australia. Attempted Suicide. Depression and Attempted Suicide: A Hospital Based Study of 437 Patients. Life Events Over the Life Cycle and Depression in Late Life. Risk Factors for Serious Suicidal Attempts Among Young People. A Case Control Study. Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorder for Deliberate Self-Poisoning Patients with Multiple Inpatient Service Utilization. Prevention. Suicide Intervention in Rural Western Australia: A Preliminary Report. Suicide Prevention on the Internet. Skilling Key Workers: The Implementation of a Youth Suicide Prevention Project in Belgium. Parasuicide and Suicide Prevention Programme: An Experience in Kuala Lumpur. 23 Additional Articles. Abstracts. Epilogue. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The proceedings of the March 1997 conference contain 39 contributions, including tributes to two individuals who have made outstanding contributions to suicide research and prevention: Norman Farberow and Erwin Stengel. The 100th anniversary of the publication of Emile Durkheim's is celebrated with a Durkheim Oration. Other topics include a nomenclature for suicidology; familial risk factors for adolescent suicide; suicides in Australia; suicide among the Canadian Inuit; suicides in police custody in the Netherlands; depression and attempted suicide; and suicide prevention on the internet. Abstracts for all 150 papers presented at the conference are included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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