Assessment and Prediction of Suicide [Hardcover]

Ronald W. Maris (Author), Alan L. Berman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0898627915 | ISBN-13: 978-0898627916 | Edition: 1

Assessment and Prediction of Suicide is a comprehensive reference volume that includes contributions from today's top suicide experts. It presents an up-to-date, authoritative statement of the current knowledge in the field. Wide-ranging in scope, with 32 chapters expressing a variety of ideas and approaches, it covers:
* Concepts and theories
* Methods and quantification (including suicide prediction scales and psychological testing)
* In-depth case histories
* Specific single predictors applied to the case histories
* Comorbidity

In addition, the book includes special topics such as jail suicides, school suicide prevention programs, economic and social factors, biology of suicide, hospital and clinic suicides, aggression, methods of suicide, suicide notes and ideation, the media, religion, life stress, and statistics of prediction.

A unique feature of this volume is the integration of five common case studies. Each of the authors discusses them with respect to assessment and prediction of outcome, revealing how clinician and scientist, respectively, attempt to analyze a suicide problem. The actual outcome of the cases is presented in the final chapter, along with a proposed integration of single predictors and a discussion of interaction effects.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This landmark volume provides a remarkably comprehensive reference source for both clinicians and researchers and it will undoubtably become a definitive text in the field....In this truly monumental work of scholarship and readability, the editors clearly achieve their objective of describing the current state if the art of suicide assessment and prediction. I strongly recommend it to every professional involved in suicide intervention and research." --Margaret C. Kiely, Ph.D. in Readings

About the Author

Ronald W. Maris, Ph.D., directs the Center for the Study of Suicide and is Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches suicide death investigation and prevention to psychiatric residents, physicians, nurses, and medical students. He is also editor of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, the official journal of the American Association of Suicidology. The author of numerous journal articles on suicide, Dr. Maris has served as either author or editor of 11 books on the topic. He is past president and treasurer of the American Association of Suicidology and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 697 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1 edition (March 27, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898627915
• ISBN-13: 978-0898627916
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,585,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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