Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention

Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention remains a key text in the field of suicidology, fully updated with new chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide.

List of contents

• Part I: Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective


• 1: Camilla Wasserman: Religion, more than just protective


• 2: Herman M van Praag: The role of religion in suicide prevention


• 3: Wu Fei: Confucianism, Taosim, and suicide


• 4: Lakshmi Vijayakumar: Hindu religion and suicide in India


• 5: Somparn Promta and Prakarn Thomyangkoon: A Buddhist perspective on suicide


• 6: Yoshihiro Kaneko, Akiko Yamasaki, and Kiminori Arai: The Shinto religion and suicide in Japan


• 7: Aaron Rabinowitz and Israel Orbach: Suicide in the Jewish scriptures


• 8: Ahmed Okasha and Tarek Okasha: Suicide and Islam


• 9: Øivind Ekeberg and Nils Retterstøl: Christianity and suicide


• 10: Emilio Ovuga and Jed Boardman: The role of religion in suicide prevention work in Uganda


• 11: Gaspar Baquedano: Maya religion and traditions: Inauencing suicide prevention in contemporary Yucatan, Mexico


• Part 2: The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide


• 12: José M Bertolote and Danuta Wasserman: Development of definitions of suicidal behaviours: from suicidal thoughts to completed suicides


• 13: Alexandra Fleischmann and Elise Paul: A global perspective on suicides and suicide attempters


• 14: Emma Björkenstam, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, and Armin Schmidtke: Attempted Suicide


• 15: Romuald Brunner, Kathrin Mikan, Maximilian Niebler, and Stephanie Kandsperger: International perspective on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)


• 16: David Lester: Extended suicide


• 17: Herbert Hendin, Kathleen Foley and Josephine Hendin: Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Netherlands and Oregon: A Medical and Psychological Perspective


• 18: Philippe Courtet and Emilie Olié: Legislation and ethics of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in psychiatric patients: evidence from Benelux


• Part 3: Theories of Suicidal Behaviour


• 19: Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen and Yerko Rojas: Social theories of suicide


• 20: Elsa Ronningstam, Igor Weinberg, and John T. Maltsberger: Psychoanalytic theories of suicide: historical overview and empirical evidence


• 21: David Rudd and Andrea Perez Munoz: Psychological theories of suicidal behaviour


• 22: Gustavo Turecki: Biological theories of suicidal behaviour


• 23: Danuta Wasserman, Jerzy Wasserman, Dan Rujescu, and Marcus Sokolowski: Neurobiology and the genetics of suicide


• Part 4: Political, Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide


• 24: Airi Värnik and Peeter Värnik: Suicide during transition in the Former Soviet Union


• 25: David Lester: Suicide during war and genocides


• 26: Vsevolod Rozanov: Suicide in military settings


• 27: Marco Sarchiapone and Miriam Iosue: Suicide in prisons and remand centres: Risk factors and prevention


• 28: Adam Montgomery and Dinesh Bhugra: Suicide among migrants


• 29: Jennifer Hughes and Gergö Hadlaczky: Suicide and attempted suicide among indigenous people


• 30: Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen, Yerko Rojas and Danuta Wasserman: Labour market, work environment and suicide


• Part 5: Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide


• 31: Jouko Lonnqvist: Mood and anxiety disorders in suicide and suicide at-tempters


• 32: Herbert Hendin: Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for suicide in combat veterans


• 33: Tine Maes and Geert Dom: Alcohol, other psychoactive substance use disorders, and suicide


• 34: Merete Nordentoft and Trine Madsen: Suicide among people with psychosis in schizophrenia spectrum epidemiology and prevention


• 35: Maj Vinberg and Merete Nordentoft: Suicidal behaviour and bipolar disorder: risk and resilience factors


• 36: Judit Balazs and Lili Olga Horvath: Suicidal behaviour and non-suicidal self-injury among patients with eating disorders


• 37: Mira Levis Frenk and Alan Apter: Adjustment disorder and suicide in adult and youth population


• 38: Barbara Stanley, Raksha Kandlur, and Jennifer Jones: Risk for suicidal behaviour in personality disorders


• Part 6: Somatic and gender Determinants of Suicide


• 39: Elsebeth Stenager, Egon Stenager and Annette Erlangsen: Somatic diseases and suicidal behaviour


• 40: Silvia Sara Canetto: Women and suicidal behaviour: New directions in theory, research and prevention


• 41: Wolfgang Rutz and Zoltan Rihmer: Suicide in men: Suicide prevention for the male person


• 42: Helen Keeley, Fiachra O Suilleabhain and Marie Leane: Sexual and gender minority populations and suicidal behaviours


• Part 7: Suicide Risk Assessment


• 43: Gergö Hadlaczky: Decision making and biases in suicide risk assessment


• Psychometric Measures


• 44: Hilario Blasco Fontecilla and José de León: Scales for the evaluation of suicide risk


• Clinical Measures


• 45: Mark Schechter and John T. Maltsberger: The role of the clinical interview in suicide risk assessment


• 46: Herbert Hendin: Recognizing a suicide crisis in psychiatric patients


• Biological Measures


• 47: J. John Mann and Dianne Currier: Biological predictors of suicidal behaviour in mood disorders


• 48: Katherin Sudol and Maria A Oquendo: Neuroimaging of Suicidal Behaviour: A Decade of Progress


• Part 8: Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies


• 49: David McDaid, Brendan Kennelly, Susan Ahern, and Brendan McElroy: An economic perspective on suicide across the five continents


• 50: Danuta Wasserman: Strategies in suicide prevention


• Part 9: Health Care Strategies


• Early Detection


• 51: Corinna Reichl and Michael Kaess: Early detection of risk-taking, self-harming, and suicidal behaviour


• 52: Zoltán Rihmer and Wolfgang Rutz: Early detection and management of suicidal patients in primary care


• 53: Emily Halford, Alison M. Lake, and Madelyn S. Gould: Crisis hotlines


• Treatment


• 54: Hans-Jurgen Moller: Pharmacological and other biological treatments of suicidal individuals


• 55: Mark J. Goldblatt and John T. Maltsberger: Countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients


• 56: The psychological and behavioural treatment of suicidal behaviour: what are the common elements of treatments that worka


• 57: Beth S. Brodsky, Barbara Stanley, and Ilana Gratch: Dialectical behaviour therapy for suicidal individuals


• 58: Megan Chesin and Barbara Stanley: Cognitive and Other Therapies for Suicidal Individuals


• 59: Björn Meyer: Online treatment programmes for suicidal persons: Current evidence and future directions


• 60: Lars Mehlum: Treatment of suicide attempts and suicidal patients in psychiatric care


• 61: Natalie B. Riblet and Brian Shiner: Prevention of suicide following psychiatric hospitalization


• 62: Karolina Krysinska and Karl Andriessen: Family psycho-education after a suicide attempt


• 63: Thomas Bronisch and Flora von Spreti: Art in suicide treatment and prevention


• Part 10: Survivors of Suicide Loss


• 64: Karl Andriessen and Karolina Krysinska: Suicide loss: Characteristics and support for people bereaved by suicide


• 65: Onja T. Grad: Therapists as survivors of suicide loss


• Part 11: Young People and Suicide


• 66: Maya Iohan-Barak and Israel Orbach: Psychopathology and risk factors for suicide in the young


• 67: Mira Levis Frenk, Cendrine Bursztein, and Alan Apter: Psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters


• 68: Gil Zalsman, Gal Shoval and Nir Lubad: The link between physical disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents


• 69: David Brent: Effective treatments for suicidal youth: Psychosocial and pharmacological approaches


• 70: Anthony Spirito, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, and Shayna Cheek: Individual therapy techniques with suicidal adolescents


• Part 12: Elderly People and Suicide


• 71: Diego De Leo, Brian Draper, and Karolina Krysinska: Suicidal older people in clinical and community settings : Risk factors, treatment and suicide prevention


• Part 13: Public Health Strategies


• Awareness and Education


• 72: David Titelman and Danuta Wasserman: Suicide prevention by education and the moulding of attitudes


• 73: Camilla Wasserman and Vladimir Carli: Universal suicide prevention in schools


• 74: Ulrich Hegerl, Ines Heinz, and Julian Hug: Multilevel approaches in adult suicide prevention


• 75: Michael Westerlund and Thomas Niederkrotenthaler: Mass-media and suicide prevention


• 76: Michael Westerlund and Karolina Krysinska: The role of the Internet in suicide prevention from the public health perspective


• 77: Gérard Camy: Representations of suicide in cinema


• Controlling the access to means of suicide


• 78: Cyril Hoschl and Pavla ?ermáková: The role of restricting access to potentially lethal medication in suicide prevention


• 79: Michael R. Phillips and David Gunnell: Restrictions of access to pesticides in suicide prevention


• 80: Thomas Reisch: Gun availability and gun control in suicide prevention


• 81: Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Natalia Erazo, and Karoline Lukaschek: Prevention of metropolitan and railway suicide


• 82: Vladimir Carli and Miriam Iosue: Protecting bridges in suicide prevention


• 83: Paul Yip, Yingqi Guo, Lynn Tang, and Ying-Yeh Chen: Prevention of suicide by jumping: experiences from Taipei City (Taiwan), Hong Kong and Singapore


• 84: Ying-Yeh Chen, Jacky Wong, and Paul Yip: Prevention of suicide due to charcoal burning


• 85: Gergö Hadlaczky and Danuta Wasserman: Restriction of alcohol in suicide prevention


• Part 14: Worldwide networking in Suicide Research and Prevention


• 86: Dévora Kestel and Alexandra Fleischmann: The World Health Organization s role in suicide prevention


• 87: Vladimir Carli, Danuta Wasserman, and Jean Pierre Kahn: The World Psychiatric Association Section of Suicidology


• 88: Marco Sarchiapone, Jorge Lopez Castroman, and Carla Gramaglia: The European Psychiatric Association Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention


• 89: Danuta Wasserman and Vladimir Carli: European College of Neuropsychopharmacology network on studies of suicide and suicide prevention


• 90: Danuta Wasserman and J. John Mann: The International Academy of Suicide Research


• 91: Lars Mehlum and Ella Arensman: The International Association for Suicide Prevention


• 92: Amy J. Kulp and Julie Cerel: The American Association of Suicidology


• 93: Robert Gebbia and Christine Moutier: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention


• 94: Herbert Hendin: Suicide Prevention International


• 95: Karl Andriessen: The role of volunteer organizations in suicide prevention

About the author

Danuta Wasserman is Professor in Psychiatry and Suicidology at Karolinska Institutet (KI), and the Founding Head of the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP). Since 1995, she has also been the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Methods Development and Training in Suicide Prevention, and an expert advisor to the WHO office in Copenhagen and Geneva. Former President of the European Psychiatric Association, she is Honotaty President of the Swedish-Estonian Institute of Suicidology.

Professor Wasserman has received a number of research awards for her work, such as the Stengel Award, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Distinguished Research Award, the Hans-Rost Prize, and the Nordic Public Health Prize.

Summary

Approximately 1 million people commit suicide world-wide annually and around 10 million attempt suicide each year. Suicide is a major public health problem throughout the world, and major efforts are currently being made to help reduce these numbers. However, suicide is the result of complex interactions between a range of factors, including historical, psychological, cultural, biological, and social, and any approach to treating the problem of suicide has to consider all these factors.

This new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention has been thoroughly updated and expanded since publication of the first edition in 2009. This comprehensive resource covers all aspects of suicidal behaviour and suicide prevention from a number of different perspectives, including its underlying religious and cultural factors; its political, social and economic causes; its psychiatric and somatic determinants; and its public health impacts. The new edition includes several new clinically focussed chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide, including mood and anxiety disorders, substance abuse, psychosis/schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and personality disorders. It also includes a fully updated section on psychometric scales used for measuring suicidal behaviour and instruments used in suicide preventative interventions.

Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, this second edition will continue to serve as the key reference source for both researchers and professionals working in the areas of suicidology and suicide prevention, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, public health specialists, and neuroscientists.

Product details

• Authors: Danuta (Professor of Psychiatry and Sui Wasserman
• Assisted by: Danuta Wasserman (Editor), Wasserman Danuta (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2021
• EAN: 9780198834441
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883444-1
• No. of pages: 856
• Series: Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychiatry