Suicide Across Cultures - Understanding Variation Complexity of Suicidal Process Across

About the author

Prof. Schouler-Ocak is a specialist in psychiatry, specialising in neurology, and psychotherapy, particularly in trauma focused psychotherapy. She also has a certification in EMDR - therapy and social medicine. She is working as a senior physician at the Psychiatric University Clinic of Charitè at St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, where she is chief physician at the Outpatient Clinic, Chair of the Research Group on Intercultural Migration and Mental Healthcare, and Social Psychiatist at the Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Charité - University Medical School in Berlin.

Prof. Murad Moosa Khan is Lead Scientist, Suicide Research & Prevention and Mental Health at the Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, Pakistan, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, AKU. He is former President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and has contributed to IASP's global suicide prevention strategy. His research focuses on the epidemiology and socio-cultural factors of suicide and self-harm, mental health of women and the elderly, and ethics in medicine. Dr. Khan continues to lead efforts in advancing mental health research and promoting ethical standards in mental healthcare.

Summary

Traditions of suicidal behaviour are deeply rooted in any given culture, Suicide Across Cultures offers the opportunity to expand knowledge beyond majority groups and to look further than the dominant paradigm in suicide research, treatment, and prevention.

Product details

• Authors: Meryam (Psychiatric University Clin Schouler-Ocak
• Assisted by: Murad Moosa Khan (Editor), Meryam Schouler-Ocak (Editor), Schouler-Ocak Meryam (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780198843405
• ISBN: 978-0-19-884340-5
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: Oxford Cultural Psychiatry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Mental Health, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Psychiatry, Personal & public health, Mental health services, Personal and public health / health education