Suicide Prevention: Resources for the Millennium / Edition 1

by David Lester

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876309872
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/2000
Series:	Series in Death Dying and Bereavement
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part I Understanding Suicide; 1. The Epidemiology of Suicide, David Lester; 2. Sociological Research into Suicide, Steven Stack; 3. Psychological Research into Suicide: Past, Present, and Future, James R. Rogers; 4. Suicide and Aggression: Are they Biologically Two Sides of the Same Coin, H.M. van Praag; Part II Approaches to Preventing Suicide; 5. Public Health and Suicide Prevention, Lloyd B. Potter; 6. ::, Ronald L. Bonner2; 7. Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention, Alec Roy; 8. Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients, Thomas E. Ellis; 9. Helplines and Crisis Intervention Services: Challenges for the Future, Brian L. Mishara, Marc Daigle; ch0010 The Role of Primary Physicians in Preventing Suicide: Possibilities, Short-Comings, and the Challenge in Reaching Male Suicides, Wolfgang Rutz; 11. Helping Suicide Survivors, Norman L. Farberow; 12. Suicide Prevention in Schools: Resources for the Millennium, Antoon A. Leenaars; Part III The Organizations; 13. The Origin of Suicide Prevention in the United States, M. David Wallace; 14. The American Association of Suicidology: Past, Present, and Future, Alan Berman, Virginia Lindahl; 15. Crisis Services; 16. Right-To-Die Organizations; 17. International Organizations;

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Leslie J. Stein, R.N., Psy.D.(Cermak Health Services)
Description: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge base and research related to suicide. This book also includes information from the Hemlock Society and other organizations advancing the rights of terminally ill individuals to choose their time to die.
Purpose: The author's purpose is to review the suicide research of the 1990s and to present state-of-the-art treatment techniques for suicide prevention. The author also seeks to point clinicians toward future research and prevention ideas. These are worthy goals, and the author achieves them in this comprehensive book.
Audience: This book targets all practitioners in the field of mental health, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, school psychologists, social workers, nurses, crisis counselors, and researchers. I concur with the targeted audience, and the editor is among the leading experts in the field of suicidology.
Features: This work covers the current research on suicide through the 1990s, from a sociological perspective as well as from a clinical perspective. It explores clinical techniques for suicide prevention, examines resources available worldwide to clinicians for suicide prevention, and includes a discussion of suicide from the right to die perspective. Research data is well organized into useful tables.
Assessment: This book provides the most thorough review of the field of suididology I have found. The research is current, cutting edge, and fascinating. The clinical review provides useful, practical interventions for clinicians. The book includes a discussion of organizations dedicated to preventing and promoting suicide; this challenges clinicians to examine our own beliefs about suicide and individuals' rights.

Doody's Review Service

"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

From the Publisher

5 Stars! from Doody