Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology

Multidisciplinary and comprehensive in scope, this volume serves as an authoritative overview of scientific knowledge about suicide and its prevention, providing a foundation in theory, research, and clinical applications. Issues relevant to clinical case management are highlighted, and various treatment modalities are discussed in light of the latest research findings.

Psychologists and psychiatrists, all American but one, offer a broad overview of the current scientific understanding of suicide and its prevention. Considering theory, research, and clinical applications, they cover the foundations of what they call suicidology; sociodemographic and epidemiologic issues; medical and psychiatric issues; indirect self-destruction, ethics, philosophy, and the law; and treatment and prevention.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ch. 1. Introduction to the study of suicide — Ch. 2. The theoretical component in suicidology — Ch. 3. The empirical foundations in suicidology — Ch. 4. A historical perspective on suicide — Ch. 5. Age and the lifespan — Ch. 6. Suicide, gender, and sexuality — Ch. 7. Racial, ethnic, and cultural aspects of suicide — Ch. 8. Work and the economy — Ch. 9. Marriage, family, family therapy, and suicide — Ch. 10. The social relations of suicides — Ch. 11. Suicide notes and communications — Ch. 12. Suicide attempts and methods — Ch. 13. Psychiatric diagnoses and suicidal acts --Ch. 14. Physical illness and suicide — Ch. 15. Alcoholism, substance abuse, and suicide — Ch. 16. The biology of suicide — Ch. 17. Aggression, Violence, and suicide — Ch. 18. Indirect self-destructive behavior — Ch. 19. Ethical, religious, and philosophical issues in suicide — Ch. 20. Suicide and the law — Ch. 21. Treatment and prevention of suicide — Ch. 22. In the wake of suicide: survivorship and postvention.