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.
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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
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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Epidemiology is concerned with the study of the occurrence of diseases in human populations, that is, in groups rather than separate individuals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
befriending center, telephonic emergency services, psychotherapy with suicidal patients, suicide prevention activities, suicide prevention movement, nonfatal suicidal behavior, suicide intention, aggression regulation, suicide prediction, elderly suicide rates, suicide prevention services, suicidal phenomena, suicidal individuals, telephone interventions, national suicide rates, suicide prevention centers, suicide risk assessment, suicide research, client suicide, befriending services, suicide prevention strategies, copycat effects, suicide prevention programs, youth suicide rates, suicide idea Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Life-Threatening Behavior, Archives of General Psychiatry, American Association of Suicidology, American Journal of Psychiatry, Befrienders International, Life Line, British Journal of Psychiatry, World Health Organization, Archives of Suicide Research, Journal of Affective Disorders, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Mary Ann, United Kingdom, Edwin Shneidman, Hemlock Society, Sigmund Freud, American Sociological Review, Psychiatry Research, San Francisco, Sri Lanka, American Psychological Association, Journal of the American Medical Association, Adolescent Psychiatry New!
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Epidemiology is concerned with the study of the occurrence of diseases in human populations, that is, in groups rather than separate individuals. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
befriending center, telephonic emergency services, psychotherapy with suicidal patients, suicide prevention activities, suicide prevention movement, nonfatal suicidal behavior, suicide intention, aggression regulation, suicide prediction, elderly suicide rates, suicide prevention services, suicidal phenomena, suicidal individuals, telephone interventions, national suicide rates, suicide prevention centers, suicide risk assessment, suicide research, client suicide, befriending services, suicide prevention strategies, copycat effects, suicide prevention programs, youth suicide rates, suicide idea Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Life-Threatening Behavior, Archives of General Psychiatry, American Association of Suicidology, American Journal of Psychiatry, Befrienders International, Life Line, British Journal of Psychiatry, World Health Organization, Archives of Suicide Research, Journal of Affective Disorders, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Mary Ann, United Kingdom, Edwin Shneidman, Hemlock Society, Sigmund Freud, American Sociological Review, Psychiatry Research, San Francisco, Sri Lanka, American Psychological Association, Journal of the American Medical Association, Adolescent Psychiatry New!
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- Suicide Prevention in Schools (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Antoon A. Leenaars on 4 pages
- Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition by Derek Humphry on page 288, and page 291
- On War (Dodo Press) by Carl von General Clausewitz on page 253
- Introduction to Educational Gerontology (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement) by Ronald H. Sherron in Front Matter
- Suicide in America (New and Expanded Edition) by Herbert Hendin on page 149
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- What's the Good of Counselling & Psychotherapy?: The Benefits Explained (Ethics in Practice) by Colin Feltham on page 77, and page 80
- New Approaches to Preventing Suicide: A Manual For Practitioners by David Duffy on page 361
- Mental Health Social Work: Evidence-Based Practice (The Social Work Skills Series) by Colin Pritchard in Back Matter
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