This ebook discusses the suicide risks associated with breast augmentation as demonstrated by recent research studies. The authors explore the risks of suicide among patients with particular types of preoperative and postoperative expectations. The ebook describes how health-care professionals are learning about factors that result in self-destructive behavior. Practical recommendations for caregivers are included.
Written by:
David B. Sarwer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery, and The Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance and the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA
Edited by:
Alan L. Berman, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Association of Suicidology, President, International Association for Suicide Prevention
Maurizio Pompili, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Sant’ Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA
This ebook discusses the suicide risks associated with breast augmentation as demonstrated by recent research studies. The authors explore the risks of suicide among patients with particular types of preoperative and postoperative expectations. The ebook describes how health-care professionals are learning about factors that result in self-destructive behavior. Practical recommendations for caregivers are included.
Written by:
David B. Sarwer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery, and The Edwin and Fannie Gray Hall Center for Human Appearance and the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA
Edited by:
Alan L. Berman, Ph.D., Executive Director, American Association of Suicidology, President, International Association for Suicide Prevention
Maurizio Pompili, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Sant’ Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA
Medical Conditions Associated with Suicide Risk: Breast Augmentation and Suicide
Medical Conditions Associated with Suicide Risk: Breast Augmentation and Suicide
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940045108744 |
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| Publisher: | American Association of Suicidology |
| Publication date: | 11/12/2012 |
| Series: | Medical Conditions Associated with Suicide Risk , #3 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 119 KB |