A Concise Guide to Understanding Suicide: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Prevention

Cambridge University Press, 9/18/2014
EAN 9781107033238, ISBN10: 1107033233

Hardcover, 406 pages, 24.6 x 18.9 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

Suicide rates continue to increase globally. The volume of research in this field has also expanded rapidly. In A Concise Guide to Understanding Suicide, leading researchers and clinicians provide a concise review of recent literature, report solutions achieved and give practical guidance for patient care to aid understanding and help prevent suicide. Each chapter is highly focused to provide pertinent information covering all major aspects of the field, from epidemiology and theories of causation through to treatment and prevention. This text will educate practising clinicians (psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, counsellors, and emergency room personnel) and other health care workers and researchers, as well as providing a pathway for undergraduate and graduate students interested in furthering their understanding of the complexities surrounding suicide. Further, mental health professionals and those in the social sciences will be extremely interested in this monograph, as will the University community, armed forces and interested lay public.

Introduction
looking to the future – how can research prevent suicide? Stephen H. Koslow, Pedro Ruiz and Charles B. Nemeroff
Part I. Understanding Suicide
1. Brief history of suicide in Western cultures Leonardo Tondo
2. Global epidemiology of suicide Pedro Ruiz
3. Identification and screening of suicide risk Kelly Posner, Kseniya Yershova, Leora Amira, Jacqueline Buchanan , Adam Lesser and Erica Goldstein
4. Rethinking suicide risk assessment and risk formulation Alan L. Berman and Morton M. Silverman
5. High risk cognitive states Gregory K. Brown and Kelly Green
6. Suicide clusters and suicide contagion Alison M. Lake and Madelyn S. Gould
7. Ethnicity
how much of our understanding of suicide is applicable across ethnic cultures? Donna Holland Barnes, William B. Lawson and Kelsey Bell
8. Suicide-related bereavement and grief M. Katherine Shear and Sidney Zisook
9. Statistics Robert D. Gibbons
Part II. Suicidal Comorbidities
10. Current and chronic signs and symptoms Jan Fawcett
11. Anxiety, depression and suicide
epidemiology, pathophysiology and prevention Giampaolo Perna and Alan F. Schatzberg
12. Suicide in schizophrenia Philip D. Harvey and Stacey Espaillat
13. Personality disorders and suicide Katharine J. Nelson, Michael J. Miller, Alexandra Zagoloff, Melinda K. Westlund and S. Charles Schulz
14. Suicide and substance use disorders Timothy W. Lineberry and Kathleen T. Brady
15. Eating disorders and suicide April Smith, Tracy Witte and Scott Crow
16. Suicidality and epilepsy
a complex relationship Andres M. Kanner
Part III. Special Populations
17. Suicidal ideation and behavior during pregnancy and the postpartum period Jessica Coker and Zachary N. Stowe
18. Childhood and adolescence Tina R. Goldstein, Jeffrey A. Bridge and David A. Brent
19. Indigenous/native populations Deborah Goebert
20. Bullying and suicidality in youth Anat Brunstein Klomek and Madelyn S. Gould
21. College students Amanda L. McMillan and Steven J. Garlow
22. Suicide in older adults Yeates Conwell and Kimberly Van Orden
23. Armed forces James A. Naifeh, Matthew K. Nock and Robert J. Ursano
24. Medical illness Gary J. Kennedy and Anne Rohs
25. Suicide in the criminal justice system Steve Leifman and Tim Coffey
Part IV. Treatment
26. Reduction of suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder patients during long-term treatment with lithium Leonardo Tondo and Ross J. Baldessarini
27. Clozapine David Ayer and Herbert Y. Meltzer
28. Antidepressants Molly Ryan and Charles B. Nemeroff
29. Suicide and emergency room treatment Collin Davidson, Jennifer H. Olson-Madden, Marian E. Betz and Michael H. Allen
30. Psychosocial approaches to reduce suicidal behavior Anne C. Ward, Catherine R. Glenn, Matthew K. Nock and Michael W. Otto
Part V. Research
Mediators and Moderators
31. Genome-wide association studies of suicidal behaviors Marcus Sokolowski, Jerzy Wasserman and Danuta Wasserman
32. Epigenetics Benoit Labonté and Gustavo Turecki
33. The use of neuroimaging to investigate the pathophysiology of suicide Christopher R. Bailey, Allison M. Greene and Alexander Neumeister
34. Brain serotonin in suicides with psychological autopsy Victoria Arango and Helene Bach
35. The noradrenergic system in depression and suicide Michelle J. Chandley and Gregory A. Ordway
36. Brain CRF and the HPA axis in suicide Ghanshyam N. Pandey
37. Receptor signaling in suicide Yogesh Dwivedi
Part VI. Suicide Prevention
38. Strategies to improve suicide prevention Sarah A. Struthers and Robert M. A. Hirschfeld
39. Safety planning to prevent suicidal behavior Barbara Stanley, Emily A. Biggs and Gregory K. Brown
40. Contracting for safety Michael Craig Miller
41. Suicide and the media Jane Pirkis and R. Warwick Blood
Index.