Evidence-Based Practice in Suicidology - A Source Book. Forew.: Gray, Muir

An innovative and long overdue book by the world's leading researchers and practitioners, describing what really works in suicide prevention, the evidence for particular approaches, where the gaps are in our knowledge, and how we can fill them.Suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide in the past 45 years, with deaths by suicide projected to reach 1.5 million by the year 2020. Despite millions being spent on suicide prevention activities, little is known about their effectiveness: As the US Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) reported, "The single greatest obstacle to the effective prevention of suicide is the lack of evaluation research."Evidence-based medicine involves the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients - which means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.This substantive and authoritative volume shows for the first time how evidence-based approaches can be used in suicide prevention - as well as where evidence is lacking and how we might obtain it. Leading researchers and practitioners describe what really works in suicide prevention, the evidence for and against particular approaches, both in general terms (such as by means of hotlines, restriction of means, psychopharmocology) and for specific disorders (such as schizophrenia, personality disorder), and make specific recommendations about where we go from here.

List of contents

Table of ContentsForeword - Evidence-Based Practice in Suicidology: A Source Book by Sir Muir GrayThe FrameworkEvidence-Based Practice in Suicidology: What We Need and What We Need to Know by Maurizio PompiliEvidence-Based Medicine in Mental Health: General Principles by Delia Cimpean and Robert DrakeImproving Suicide Risk Assessment With Evidence-Based Psychiatry by Robert I. SimonThe World Health Organization: Approach to Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention by Diego De LeoEvidence-Based Strategies for Suicide PreventionEvidence-Based Suicide Prevention Strategies: An Overview by J. John Mann and Dianne CurrierEvidence-Based Psychotherapy With Suicidal People: A Systematic Review by Antoon A. LeenaarsEvidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Suicidal Behavior: What Is the Evidence? by James R. Rogers, Teri L. Madura, and Jennifer L. HardyEvidence-Based Suicide Prevention by Helplines: A Meta-Analysis by David LesterSuicide Prevention Programs Through Education in the Community and in the Frame of Healthcare by Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis and Zolta´n RihmerEvidence-Based Interventions for Preventing Suicide in Youths by Maurizio Pompili, Marco Innamorati, Paolo Girardi, Roberto Tatarelli, and David LesterSuicide Prevention in Late Life: Is There Sound Evidence for Practice? by Marco Innamorati, Maurizio Pompili, Mario Amore, Cristina Di Vittorio, Gianluca Serafini, Roberto Tatarelli, and David LesterEvidence-Based Suicide Prevention by Lethal Methods Restriction by David LesterPsychopharmacology for Suicide Prevention by Ross J. Baldessarini and Leonardo TondoEvidence-Based Approaches for Specific Disorders and BehaviorsRisk Is Not Static Over the Lifespan: Accurately Accounting for Suicide Prevalence in Major Mental Illness by John Michael BostwickEvidence-Based Approaches for Reducing Suicide Risk in Major Affective Disorders by Isaac SakinofskyEvidence-Based Treatment for Reducing Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia by Herbert Y. MeltzerEvidence-Based Approach to Suicide Risk in First-Episode Psychosis by Merete NordentoftReducing Suicide Risk in Personality Disorders: The State of Current Evidence by Joel ParisWhere Do We Go From Here?Perspectives in Suicide Research and Prevention: A Commentary by Alan L. BermanWhere Is More Evidence Needed? Research Priorities in Suicidology by David LesterIndex

Summary

An innovative and long overdue book by the world’s leading researchers and practitioners, describing what really works in suicide prevention, the evidence for particular approaches, where the gaps are in our knowledge, and how we can fill them.
Suicide rates have increased by 60% worldwide in the past 45 years, with deaths by suicide projected to reach 1.5 million by the year 2020. Despite millions being spent on suicide prevention activities, little is known about their effectiveness: As the US Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN) reported, “The single greatest obstacle to the effective prevention of suicide is the lack of evaluation research.”
Evidence-based medicine involves the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients – which means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.
This substantive and authoritative volume shows for the first time how evidence-based approaches can be used in suicide prevention – as well as where evidence is lacking and how we might obtain it. Leading researchers and practitioners describe what really works in suicide prevention, the evidence for and against particular approaches, both in general terms (such as by means of hotlines, restriction of means, psychopharmocology) and for specific disorders (such as schizophrenia, personality disorder), and make specific recommendations about where we go from here.

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"This is the book we have all been waiting for. It provides answers to the key questions in suicidology: What is our evidence-base? And how can we translate research findings into effective suicide prevention interventions and practices? The expert contributors bring clarity into the field, describing the current research evidence as well as showing us how to interpret it and apply it in clinical and prevention settings. This book brings suicidology into the 21st century and also sets an agenda for its future directions. It is a must-read for everyone concerned with helping individuals at risk of suicidal behaviors."
Morton M. Silverman, MD, Senior Advisor, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Newton, MA, Senior Medical Advisor, The Jed Foundation, New York, NY, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO

"Evidence-based methods have, over recent decades, enabled us to prune the vineyard of suicidology. Read this book to see how the field looks today, trimmed back and flourishing as never before. It will show you much of what we know (and what we don't know) about suicide, and take you to the cutting edge."
John T. Maltsberger, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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"This is the book we have all been waiting for. It provides answers to the key questions in suicidology: What is our evidence-base? And how can we translate research findings into effective suicide prevention interventions and practices? The expert contributors bring clarity into the field, describing the current research evidence as well as showing us how to interpret it and apply it in clinical and prevention settings. This book brings suicidology into the 21st century and also sets an agenda for its future directions. It is a must-read for everyone concerned with helping individuals at risk of suicidal behaviors." Morton M. Silverman, MD, Senior Advisor, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Newton, MA, Senior Medical Advisor, The Jed Foundation, New York, NY, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO "Evidence-based methods have, over recent decades, enabled us to prune the vineyard of suicidology. Read this book to see how the field looks today, trimmed back and flourishing as never before. It will show you much of what we know (and what we don't know) about suicide, and take you to the cutting edge." John T. Maltsberger, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Product details

• Assisted by: Maurizi Pompili (Editor), Maurizio Pompili (Editor), Tatarelli (Editor), Tatarelli (Editor), Roberto Tatarelli (Editor), Muir Gray (Foreword)
• Publisher: Hogrefe Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2010
• EAN: 9780889373839
• ISBN: 978-0-88937-383-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 762 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Psychotherapie, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology, Psychotherapie und Klinische Psychologie, Counseling, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Suicide Research and Prevention