Risk Factors for Youth Suicide

by Lucy Davidson (Editor), Markku Linnoila (Editor)

Overview

Papers presented at the National Conference on Risk Factors for Youth Suicide, held at Bethesda in 1986. The authors catalogued, analyzed and synthesized the literature on factors linked to youth suicide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135840471
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/2013
Series:	Death Education, Aging and Health Care
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	278
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Lucy Davidson, Markku Linnoila

Table of Contents

Part I COMMISSIONED PAPERS; Chapter 1 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, AND INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTES, Paul C.Holinger, DanielOffer; Chapter 2 PREPARATORY AND PRIOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR FACTORS, Norman L.Farberow; Chapter 3 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, Carol L.Huffine; Chapter 4 FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AS RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, Cynthia RPfeffer; Chapter 5 CONTAGION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, LucyDavidson, Madelyn S.Gould; Chapter 6 STRESS AND UFE EVENTS, E.S.Paykel; Chapter 7 SEXUAL IDENTITY ISSUES, JosephHarry; Chapter 8 “MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS” AS RISK FACTORS IN YOUTH SUICIDE, MariaKovacs, JoaquimPuig-Antich; Chapter 9 PERSONALITY AS A PREDICTOR OF YOUTHFUL SUICIDE, AllenFrances, SusanBlumenthal; Chapter 10 SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE: A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, Marc A.Schuckit, Judith J.Schuckit; Chapter 11 METHODS AS A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, J. WilliamWorden; Chapter 12 NEUROTRANSMITTER MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AS RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, MarieAsberg; Chapter 13 POST MORTEM STUDIES OF SUICIDE, MichaelStanley; Chapter 14 THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND SUICIDE, Herbert Y.Meltzer, Martin T.Lowy; Chapter 15 GENETICS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, AlecRoy; Chapter 16 SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW OF RISK FACTORS IN SUICIDE, Frederick K.Goodwin, Gerald L.Brown;