The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471983675 ISBN 13: 9780471983675

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

Recent research in the area of suicidology has provided significant new insights in the epidemiological,psychopathological,and biological characteristics of suicidal behaviour. The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide is the first book to bring together this expertise and translate it into practical guidelines for those responsible for policy issues and for those involved in the treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour.

Leading international authorities provide a truly comprehensive and research–based reference to understanding, treating, and preventing suicidal behaviour. They explore concepts and theories which best guide work within this field and detail key research which has supported conceptual developments, preventive interventions and clinical treatment.

"No self–respecting worker in deliberate self–harm and suicide prevention, either clinical or research, can afford to be without access to this comprehensive handbook – possession and regular use, may well become a marker of serious involvement in the subject! ...This is the most comprehensive, up–to–date, informative and well–written source of information on sucide and suicidal behaviour...an invaluable work of reference which will be essential for clinicians and researchers for many years to come."
Andrew Sims, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, St James′s University Hospital, Leeds, UK – British Journal of Psychiatry

About this title

Review:

"...a book for the library: a potentially fruitful source of background information for directors and leaders; and for trainers a rich source of topics for discussion groups and conferences." (The Samaritan, September 2000)

"This book is a landmark for the millennium on suicidology across the globe, for the novice to the master in the field...." (Suicide Studies, 2001)

"this current handbook offers the most comprehensive and ambitious attempt so far to give an overview of what is know about the multimensional field of suicidal behaviour....warmly recommended"... (Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, No. 103, 2001)

"It will be a significant resource text in years to come for all involved in suicidology. Each chapter is succinct, well written and clearly structured....I would recommend this valuable text to all interested" (Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy, No.29, 2001)

"No self–respecting worker in deliberate self harm and suicide prevention...can afford to be without access to this comprehensive handbook...Every university department of psychiatry, and every major hospital with a medical accident and emergency department striving to carry out their work to a high standard will need to have this accessible and well–thumbed...an invaluable work of reference which will be essential for clinicians and researchers for many years to come." (British Journal of Psychiatry, October 2001)

"...represents the state of current knowledge concerning incidence of suicide and attempted suicide." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001)

"..It is certainly a crucial source of information for all professionals involved in the study, treatment and care of suicidal patients...I do recommend it." (Psychological Medicine, Vol.31, 2001)

"an extremely valuable and interesting publication." (Human Psychpharmacology, April 2002)

"This book is a landmark for the millennium on suicidology across the globe, for the novice to the master in the field...." (Suicide Studies, 2001)

"...represents the state of current knowledge concerning incidence of suicide and attempted suicide." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 25, No. 4, December 2001)

"..It is certainly a crucial source of information for all professionals involved in the study, treatment and care of suicidal patients...I do recommend it." (Psychological Medicine, Vol.31, 2001)

"an extremely valuable and interesting publication." (Human Psychpharmacology, April 2002)

From the Back Cover:

Suicide and attempted suicide carry a huge human cost for individuals, their families and associates, and also very substantial costs for social and medical care services. The field continues to attract increasing interest amongst clinicians in training and in practice, aw well as amongst researchers, academics, policymakers and managers in a wide range of disciplines and professions. All will welcome this authoritative and up–to–date Handbook of current knowledge on the incidence of suicide and attempted suicide, the biological, genetic, psychological and sociological processes related to suicidal behaviour, and the practical assessment and treatment of suicidal individuals. Interventions for prevention at the local and national levels are also reviewed. The contributors include most of the internationally respected experts in the field, and this important Handbook will be seend to define this field for many years to come.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471983675
• ISBN 13: 9780471983675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 774
• Editor: Hawton Keith, Van Heeringen Kees