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The most comprehensive, and global review of suicidology and suicide prevention ever published All chapters written by leading researchers in the field from across the globe Part of the world famous Oxford Textbooks series Covers the full range of factors that influence and interact with suicide and suicidal behaviourApproximately 1 million people commit suicide world-wide every year and around 10 million attempt suicide each year. Suicide is a major public health problem throughout the world, 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.
The 'Oxford Texbook of Suicidology' is the most comprehensive textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention that has ever been published. It is written by world-leading specialists and describes all aspects of suicidal behaviour and suicide prevention. It presents an overview of research within disciplines covering a wide range of factors, including psychological, cultural, biological, and sociological. The book provides up-to-date information on different kinds of risk and protective factors, epidemiology, theories on suicidal behaviours and public health and healthcare preventive approaches.
Throughout, different approaches to suicide prevention and evidence-based examples are presented, alongside descriptions of different organisations designed to prevent suicide.
This book will be the key source of reference for both researchers and professionals working in the areas of suicidology and suicide prevention.Readership: Researchers, clinicians, public health practitioners, students of medicine, psychology, sociology, medical anthropology Danuta Wasserman, Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology at the Karolinska Institute. Head of the Swedish National Prevention of Suicide and Mental Ill-Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and Camilla Wasserman, Scientific Project Director, Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USAContributors: Paulo Alterwain, Federación Mundial de Salud Mental, Montevideo, Uruguay
David Althaus, Kompetenznetz Depression, Psychiatrische Klinik, Munich, Germany
Martin Anderson, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
Karl Andriessen, Flemish Mental Health Federation, Gent, Belgium
Alan Apter, Gehah Psychiatric Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Kiminori Arai, Priesthood, Chichibu Shinto Shrine, Chichibu, Japan
Victoria Arango, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York NY, USA
S Awata, Dept of Neuropsychiatry & Center for Dementia, Sendai City Hospital, Japan
Hélène Bach-Mizrachi, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Gaspar Baquedano, Cordemex Merida. Yucatan, Mexico
Sergio Perez A Barrero, Section of Suicidology & Thanatology, Cuban Psychiatry Society, Cuba
Frans Baro, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Hector Basile, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Argentina
Jens Baumert, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Annette Beautrais, Canterbury Suicide Project, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand
Per Bech, Psychiatric Research Unit, Frederiksborg General Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
Lanny Berman, American Association of Suicidology, Washington DC, USA
José Bertolote, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Jan Beskow, Göteborg, Sweden
Astrid Palm Beskow, Göteborg, Sweden
Dinesh Bhugra, Health Services Research Dept, Institute of Psychiatry, London UK
Eric Blaauw,
Jed Boardman, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, London, UK
Neury Botega, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Brazil
David Brent. Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Beth S Brodsky. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Thomas Bronisch, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany
Stephanie Burrows, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Cendrine Bursztein, Dept of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Gérard Camy, Le Cannet, France
Silvia Sara Canetto, Dept of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, USA
Chris Cantor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Noosa Heads, Australia
Vladimir Carli, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Ying-Yeh Chen, Institute of Public Health & Dept of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Qi Cheng, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Paula Clayton, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
John Connolly,
Doina Cosman, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Dianne Currier, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Diego De Leo, Australian Institute of Suicide Research & Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Sandra Dietrich, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Brian Draper, Dept of Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
Edward J Dunne, New York NY, USA
Tony Durkee, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Øivind Ekeberg, Oslo, Norway
Natalia Erazo, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Elmar Etzersdorfer, Clinic for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Furthbachkrankenhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Jan Fawcett, Dept of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Santa Fe NM, USA
Marcello Ferrada-Noli, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Alexandra Fleischmann, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Daniel Frankel, Hospital Interzonal Neuropsiquiátrico "Dr. Domingo Cabred", Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robert Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
Sheree Gibb, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Tresha Gibbs,
Mark J Goldblatt, Cambridge, MA, USA
Madelyn Gould, Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
Onja Grad, University Psychiatric Hospital, Centre for Mental Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jaime Greif, School of Law, Universidad de la República, UNAPS, Montevideo, Uruguay
David Gunnell, Dept of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Ann P Haas, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
Gergö Hadlaczky, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ulrich Hegerl, Kompetenznetz Depression, Psychiatrische Klinik, Munich, Germany
Gregor Henderson, National Programme for Improving Mental Health & Wellbeing, Scottish Government, UK
Herbert Hendin, New York NY, USA
Silvia Hernandez, Epidemiology Specialist, Dept of Public Health, Montevideo, Uruguay
Boon Hock, Singapore
Christina W Hoven, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Epidemiology & Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
Maya Iohan-Barak, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel
Rachel Jenkins, Section of Mental Health Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Guo-Xin Jiang, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Jennifer Jones, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
John Kalafat, New York, USA (Deceased)
Yoshihiro Kaneko, Dept of Empirical Social Security Research, National Inst of Population & Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan
Chiaki Kawanishi, Dept of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Ad Kerkhof, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Murad M Khan, Dept of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Robert A King, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
Anat Brunstein Klomek, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
Valery Krasnov, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
Orit Krispin, Gehah Psychiatric Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Karolina Krysinska, Australian Institute of Suicide Research & Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Antoon Leenaars, Windsor ON, Canada
David Lester, Center for the Study of Suicide, Richard Stockton College, New Jersey, USA
Jouko Lönnqvist, Dept of Mental Health & Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Ilkka Mäkinen, Stockholm, Sweden
Kevin Malone, Dept of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
T John Maltsberger, Brookline, MA, USA
Donald Mandell, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Epidemiology & Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
John Mann, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Dept of Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
Elizabeth Mårtensson, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Carlos Martinez,
Andrej Marusic, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Deceased)
Karen Maxim-Dunne, New York, USA
David McDaid, LSE Health & Social Care & European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK
Lars Mehlum, Suicide Research& Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Alexander Mokhovikov, Odessa, Ukraine
Hans-Jurgen Möller, University of Munich, Dept of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Véronique Narboni, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ana Nordenskiöld, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ahmed Okasha, Cairo, Egypt
Tarek Okasha, Cairo, Egypt
Maria Oquendo, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Neuroscience, New York NY, USA
Israel Orbach, Bar-Ilan University, Dept of Psychology, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Emilio Ovuga, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
Maria del Carmen Paparamborda, Epidemiology & Social Medicine, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ramin Parsey, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Silvia Pelaez Remigio, Montevideo, Uruguay
Rossana Pettersèn, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Tim Pfeiffer-Gerschel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Michael Phillips, Beijing Hui Guan Hospital, Beijing Suicide Prevention Centre, Beijing, China
Jane Pirkis, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
Somparn Promta, Dept of Philosophy & Center for Buddhist Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Aron Rabinowitz, Bar-Ilan University, Dept of Psychology, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Inga-Lill Ramberg,
Nils Rettersol, Oslo, Norway (Deceased)
Zoltán Rihmer, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Elsa Ronningstam, McLean Hospital, Belmont MA, USA
Alec Roy, Psychiatry Service, Dept of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, USA
Vsevolod Rozanov, Odessa State University, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Odessa, Ukraine
David M Rudd, Texas Technical University, Dept of Psychology, Lubbock TX, USA
Esther Ruf, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Dan Rujescu, Dept of Molecular & Clinical Neurobiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Wolfgang Rutz, Unit for Psychiatry & Health Promotion, Division of Psychiatry, Academic University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Paul Salkovskis , Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Benedetto Saraceno, Dept of Mental Health & Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Marco Sarchiapone, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Sylvia Schaller, University of Mannheim, Germany
Mark Schechter, North Shore Medical Center, Salem MA, USA
Lourens Schlebusch, Dept of Behavioural Medicine, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Armin Schmidtke, University of Würzburg, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Würzburg, Germany
Menakshi Sharma, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Gal Shoval, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Xiao Shuiyuan, School of Public Health, Mental Health Center, Xiangya Hospital of
Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Morton Silverman, Chicago IL, USA
Marcus Sokolowski,
Jean-Pierre Soubrier, Paris, France
Anthony Spirito, Dept of Psychiatry, Brown University, Center for Alcohol & Addictions Studies, Providence, RI, USA
Barbara Stanley, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
Egon Stenager, Odense, Denmark
Elsebeth Stenager, Dept of Social Medicine, Odense Municipality, Odense, Denmark
Sabrina Stefanello, Dept of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
R Stiliha,
Charlotta Sunnqvist, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Prakarn Thomyangkoon, Dept of Psychiatry, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Lars-Håkan Thorell,
David Titelman, Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
Huong Thi Tran, Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
Lil Träskman-Bendz, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
David Trotter,
Gustavo Turecki, Douglas Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Sam Tyano, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Mark D Underwood, Dept of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA
H M van Praag, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Airi Värnik, Tallinn, Estonia
Freddy Vasquez ,
Naseema Vawda, King Edward VIII Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Kotturpuram, Chennai, India
Camilla Wasserman, Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, Columbia University, New York, USA
Danuta Wasserman, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Jerzy Wasserman,
Igor Weinberg, McLean Hospital, Belmont MA, USA
Michael Westerlund, Dept of Journalism, Media & Communication, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Ben Williams,
Lisa Wittenberg,
Fei Wu, Dept of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China
Akiko Yamasaki, Osaka University, Japan
Su Yin Yap,
Paul Yip, HKJC Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Gil Zalsman, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel "...the most comprehensive textbook that has ever been published in this field...This extraordinary book will be the key source of references for both researchers and professionals working in [this] wide area." - European Journal of Neurology PrefaceNorman Sartorius Part I - Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective:
1: Camilla Wasserman: Suicide: considering religion and culture
2: HM van Praag: The role of religion in suicide prevention
3: Wu Fei: Cultural and religious traditions in China: the influence of Confucianism on suicide prevention
4: Lakshmi Vijayakumar: Hindu religion and suicide in India
5: Somparn Promta & Prakarn Thomyangkoon: A Buddhist perspective on suicide
6: Yoshihiro Kaneko, Akiko Yamasaki & Kiminori Arai: The Shinto religion and suicide in Japan
7: Israel Orbach & Aron Rabinowitz: Suicide in the Jewish scriptures
8: Ahmed Okasha & Tarek Okasha: Suicide and Islam
9: Nils Rettersol & Øivind Ekeberg: Christianity and suicide
10: Lourens Schlebusch, Stephanie Burrows & Naseema Vawda: Suicide prevention and religious traditions on the African continent
11: Emilio Ovuga & Jed Boardman: The role of religion in suicide prevention work in Uganda
12: Gaspar Baquedano: Maya religion and traditions: influencing suicide prevention in contemporary Mexico
Part II - The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide
13: José Bertolote & Danuta Wasserman: Development of definitions of suicidal behaviors: from suicidal thoughts to completed suicides
14: José Bertolote & Alexandra Fleischmann: A global perspective on the magnitude of suicide mortality
15: José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann, Diego De Leo & Danuta Wasserman: Suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and attempts in the general population on different continents
16: Suicide attempts in the general population and in clinical settings on the five continents: epidemiological and clinical aspects
16a: Lourens Schlebusch & Stephanie Burrows: Suicide attempts in Africa
16b: Guo-Xin Jiang & Qi Cheng: Suicide attempts in Asia
16c: Neury J Botega & Sabrina Stefanello: Suicide attempts in South and Central America
16d: Morton Silverman: Suicide attempts in North America
16e: Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz & Armin Schmidtke: Suicide attempts in Europe
16f: Jane Pirkis, Annette Beautrais & Tony Durkee: Suicide attempts in New Zealand and Australia
17: David Lester: Extended suicide
Part III - Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
18: Ilkka Mäkinen: Social theories of suicide
19: Elsa Ronningstam, John Maltsberger & Igor Weinberg: Psychoanalytic theories of suicide: historical overview and empirical evidence
20: David Rudd, David Trotter & Ben Williams: Psychological theories of suicidal behaviour
21: Danuta Wasserman, Marcus Sokolowski, Jerzy Wasserman & Dan Rujescu: Neurobiology and genetics of suicide
22: Alec Roy & Marco Sarchiapone: Interaction of hereditary and environmental factors in the psychiatric disorders associated with suicidal behaviours
Part IV - Political Determinants of Suicide
23: Airi Värnik & Alexander Mohovikov: Suicide during transition in the former Soviet Republics
24: Xiao Shuiyuan: Suicide study and suicide prevention in mainland China
25: Danuta Wasserman: Suicide and attempted suicide among indigenous people
26: David Lester: Suicide during war and genocide
Part V - Social and Economical Determinants of Suicide
27: Ilkka Mäkinen & Danuta Wasserman: Labour market, work environment and suicide
28: Menakshi Sharma & Dinesh Bhugra: Suicide among migrants
29: Sylvia Sara Canetto: Prevention of suicidal behaviour in females: opportunities and obstacles
30: Wolfgang Rutz & Zoltan Rihmer: Suicide in men: suicide prevention for the 'male person'
31: Vsevelod Rozanov, Lars Mehlum & R Stiliha: Suicide in military settings, combats and veterans
32: Ad Kerkhof & Eric Blaauw: Suicide in prisons and remand centres: screening and prevention
Part VI - Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
33: Jouko Lönnqvist: Major psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters
34: Barbara Stanley & Jennifer Jones: Risk for suicidal behaviour in personality disorders
35: Elsebeth Stenager & Egon Stenager: Somatic diseases and suicidal behaviour
Part VII - Suicide Risk Assessment
Psychometric measures
36: Per Bech & S Awata: Measurement of suicidal behaviour with psychometric scales
37: Alexandra Fleischmann, José Bertolote, Diego De Leo & Danuta Wasserman: Instruments used in SUPRE-MISS - the WHO Multisite Interventions Study on Suicidal Behaviours
Clinical measures
38: March Schechter & John Maltsberger: The clinical interview as a method in suicide risk assessment
39: Herbert Hendin: Recognizing a suicide crisis in psychiatric patients
Biological measures
40: John Mann & Dianne Currier: Biological predictors of suicidal behaviour in mood disorders
41: Maria Oquendo, Tresha Gibbs & Ramin Parsey: Neuroimaging of suicidal behaviour: where does the field stand?
42: Lars-Håkan Thorell: Electrodermal hyporeactivity and suicide risk
43: Victoria Arango, Helene Bach-Mizrachi, Mark D Underwood & John Mann: Post-mortem studies of serotonin in suicide
Part VIII - Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
44: David McDaid: An economic perspective on suicide across the five continents
45: Danuta Wasserman & Elizabeth Mårtensson: World Health Organization and European Union policy actions, responsibilities and solutions in preventing suicide
46: Martin Andersson & Rachel Jenkins: The role of the state and legislations in suicide prevention - the five continents perspective
47: Danuta Wasserman & Tony Durkee: Strategies in suicide prevention
Part IX - Health Care Strategies: Treatment of Suicidal Adults
48: John Maltsberger & Mark J Goldblatt: Countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients
49: Hans-Jurgen Möller: Pharmacological and biological treatments of suicidal individuals
50: Jan Fawcett: Severe anxiety and agitation as treatment modifiable risk factors for suicide
51: Jan Beskow, Paul Salkovskis & Astrid Palm Beskow: Cognitive treatment of suicidal adults
52: Barbara Stanley & Beth S Brodsky: Dialectical behaviour therapy for suicidal individuals: the international perspective
53: David M Rudd: The psychological and behavioural treatment of suicidal behaviour: what are the common elements of treatments that work?
54: Edward J Dunne: Family psychoeducation with suicide attempters
55: Thomas Brönisch: The role of paintings in suicide treatment and prevention
Part X - Health Care Strategies: Treatment Settings for Adults
56: Madelyn Gould & John Kalafat: Crisis hotlines
57: Zoltan Rihmer & Wolfgang Rutz: Treatment of attempted suicide and suicidality in primary care
58: Lars Mehlum: Treatment of suicide attempts and suicidality in psychiatric care
59: Lil Träskman-Bendz & Charlotta Sunnqvist: A specialized in-patient unit for suicidal patients: advantages and disadvantages
60: Herbert Hendin: Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a medical and psychological perspective
Part XI - Public Health Strategies: Awareness and Education
61: Ulrich Hegerl, Sandra Dietrich, Tim Pfeiffer-Gerschel, Lisa Wittenburg & David Althaus: Education and awareness prgrams for adults: selected and multilevel approaches in suicide prevention
62: Christina Hoven, Sam Tyano & Donald Mandell: Community mental health in youth and suicide awareness: exposing dark secrets - what must be told
63: David Titelman & Danuta Wasserman: Suicide prevention by education and the moulding of attitudes
64: Michael Westerlund, Sylvia Schaller & Armin Schmidtke: The role of mass-media reporting and suicide prevention
65: Michael Westerlund & Danuta Wasserman: The role of the internet in suicide prevention
66: Gérard Camy: Representations of suicide in cinema
Part XII - Public Health Strategies: Early Detection and Health Promotion
67: Andrej Marusic: Early detection of mental ill-health, harmful stress and suicidal behaviours
68: Madelyn Gould: The role of schools, colleges and universities in suicide prevention
Part XIII - Public Health Strategies: Controlling the Access to Means of Suicide
69: Annette Beautrais & Sheree Gibb: Protecting bridges and high buildings in suicide prevention
70: Ying-Yeh Chen & S F Yip: Prevention of suicide by jumping: experiences from Taipei City (Taiwan), Hong Kong and Singapore
71: Antoon Leenaars, David Lester, Gaspar Baquedano, Chris Cantor, John Connolly, Emilio Ovuga, Silvia Pelaez Remigio & Lakshmi Vijayakumar: Restriction of access to drugs and medications in suicide prevention
72: Antoon Leenaars: Gun availability and control in suicide prevention
73: Michael Phillips & David Gunnell: Restriction of access to pesticide in suicide prevention
74: Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Esther Ruf, Jens Baumert & Natalia Erazo: Prevention of metropolitan and railway suicide
75: Paul Yip: Prevention of suicide due to charcoal burning
76: Danuta Wasserman & Gergö Hadlaczky: Restriction of alcohol in suicide prevention
Part XIV - Survivors of Suicide Loss
77: Edward J Dunne & Karen Maxim-Dunne: Why suicide loss is different for the survivors
78: Onja Grad: Therapists as survivors of suicide loss
79: Frans Barro: How to help survivors of suicide loss
Part XV - Yound People and Suicide
80: Alan Apter, Cendrine Bursztein, José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann & Danuta Wasserman: Suicide on the five continents in the young
81: Israel Orbach & Maya Johan-Barak: Psychopathology and risk factors for suicide in the young: theoretical and empirical
82: Robert A King: Psychodynamic and family aspects of youth suicide
83: Alan Apter, Orit Krispin & Cendrine Bursztein: Psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters
84: Gil Zalsman & Gal Shoval: The link between physical disabilities and suicidality in children and adolescents
85: Anat Brunstein Klomek, Orit Krispin & Alan Apter: Suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents in different clinical settings
86: David Brent: Effective treatments for suicidal youth: pharmacological and psychosocial approaches
87: Anthony Spirito & Christianne Esposito-Smythers: Individual therapy techniques with suicidal adolescents
88: Kevin Malone & Su Yin Yap: Innovative psychosocial rehabilitation of suicidal young people
Part XVI - Elderly and Suicide
89: Diego De Leo, Karolina Krysinska, José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann & Danuta Wasserman: Suicidal behaviours on the five continents among the elderly
90: Diego De Leo, Brian Draper & Karolina Krysinska: Suicidal elderly people in clinical and community settings: risk factors, treatment and suicide prevention
Part XVII - Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
91: Benedetto Saraceno: The World Health Organization's role in suicide prevention
92: Marco Sarchiapone, Jean Pierre Soubrier & Danuta Wasserman: The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) - section of suicidology
93: Lars Mehlum: International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
94: Danuta Wasserman & John Mann: The International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR)
95: Danuta Wasserman, Marco Sarchiapone & Vladimir Carli: The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) - section on suicidology and suicide prevention
96: Lanny Berman: American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
97: Ann P Haas, Robert Gebbia & Paula Clayton: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
98: Herbert Hendin: Suicide Prevention International (SPI)
99: Karl Andriessen: The role of volunteer organizations in suicide prevention
Part XVIII - Examples of how to Develop Suicide Prevention on the five Continents
Africa
100: Lourens Schlebusch & Stephanie Burrows: South Africa
101: Emilio Ovuga & Jed Boardman: Uganda
Asia
102: Paul Yip: Hong Kong
103: Lakshmi Vijayakumar: India
104: Chiaki Kawanishi & Yoshihiro Kaneko: Japan
105: Murad M Khan: Pakistan
106: Boon Hock: Singapore
107: Huong Thi Tran: Vietnam
Australia/New Zealand
108: Diego De Leo: Australia
109: Annette Beautrais: New Zealand
Europe
110: Airi Värnik & Danuta Wasserman: Estonia
111: Louko Lönnqvist: Finland
112: Véronique Narboni & Jean Pierre Soubrier: France
113: Elmar Etzersdorfer: Germany
114: Alan Apter: Israel
115: Marco Sarchiapone: Italy
116: Doina Cosman: Romania
117: Valery Krasnov: Russia
118: Gregor Henderson: Scotland
119: Danuta Wasserman, Ana Nordenskjöld & Inga-Lill Ramberg: Sweden
120: Vsevolod Rozanov & Alexander Mohovikov: Ukraine
North America
121: Gustavo Turecki: Canada
122: Morton Silverman: United States of America
South America
123: Paulo Alterwain, Hector basile, Daniel Frankel, Jaime Greif, Silvia Hernandez, Maria del Carmen Paparamborda: Suicide prevention in South America
124: Carlos Martinez: Argentina
125: Neury Botega: Brazil
126: Marcello Ferrada-Noli: Chile
127: Sergio Perez A Barrero: Cuba
128: Rossana Pettersen & Freddy Vasquez: Peru
129: Silvia Peláez: Uruguay
The 'Oxford Texbook of Suicidology' is the most comprehensive textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention that has ever been published. It is written by world-leading specialists and describes all aspects of suicidal behaviour and suicide prevention. It presents an overview of research within disciplines covering a wide range of factors, including psychological, cultural, biological, and sociological. The book provides up-to-date information on different kinds of risk and protective factors, epidemiology, theories on suicidal behaviours and public health and healthcare preventive approaches.
Throughout, different approaches to suicide prevention and evidence-based examples are presented, alongside descriptions of different organisations designed to prevent suicide.
This book will be the key source of reference for both researchers and professionals working in the areas of suicidology and suicide prevention.Readership: Researchers, clinicians, public health practitioners, students of medicine, psychology, sociology, medical anthropology Danuta Wasserman, Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology at the Karolinska Institute. Head of the Swedish National Prevention of Suicide and Mental Ill-Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and Camilla Wasserman, Scientific Project Director, Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USAContributors: Paulo Alterwain, Federación Mundial de Salud Mental, Montevideo, Uruguay
David Althaus, Kompetenznetz Depression, Psychiatrische Klinik, Munich, Germany
Martin Anderson, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
Karl Andriessen, Flemish Mental Health Federation, Gent, Belgium
Alan Apter, Gehah Psychiatric Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Kiminori Arai, Priesthood, Chichibu Shinto Shrine, Chichibu, Japan
Victoria Arango, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York NY, USA
S Awata, Dept of Neuropsychiatry & Center for Dementia, Sendai City Hospital, Japan
Hélène Bach-Mizrachi, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Gaspar Baquedano, Cordemex Merida. Yucatan, Mexico
Sergio Perez A Barrero, Section of Suicidology & Thanatology, Cuban Psychiatry Society, Cuba
Frans Baro, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Hector Basile, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Argentina
Jens Baumert, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Annette Beautrais, Canterbury Suicide Project, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand
Per Bech, Psychiatric Research Unit, Frederiksborg General Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark
Lanny Berman, American Association of Suicidology, Washington DC, USA
José Bertolote, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Jan Beskow, Göteborg, Sweden
Astrid Palm Beskow, Göteborg, Sweden
Dinesh Bhugra, Health Services Research Dept, Institute of Psychiatry, London UK
Eric Blaauw,
Jed Boardman, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, London, UK
Neury Botega, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, Brazil
David Brent. Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Beth S Brodsky. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Thomas Bronisch, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany
Stephanie Burrows, Dept of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Cendrine Bursztein, Dept of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Gérard Camy, Le Cannet, France
Silvia Sara Canetto, Dept of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, USA
Chris Cantor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Noosa Heads, Australia
Vladimir Carli, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Ying-Yeh Chen, Institute of Public Health & Dept of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Qi Cheng, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Paula Clayton, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
John Connolly,
Doina Cosman, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Dianne Currier, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Diego De Leo, Australian Institute of Suicide Research & Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Sandra Dietrich, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Brian Draper, Dept of Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
Edward J Dunne, New York NY, USA
Tony Durkee, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Øivind Ekeberg, Oslo, Norway
Natalia Erazo, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Elmar Etzersdorfer, Clinic for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Furthbachkrankenhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Jan Fawcett, Dept of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Santa Fe NM, USA
Marcello Ferrada-Noli, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Alexandra Fleischmann, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Daniel Frankel, Hospital Interzonal Neuropsiquiátrico "Dr. Domingo Cabred", Buenos Aires, Argentina
Robert Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
Sheree Gibb, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Tresha Gibbs,
Mark J Goldblatt, Cambridge, MA, USA
Madelyn Gould, Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
Onja Grad, University Psychiatric Hospital, Centre for Mental Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jaime Greif, School of Law, Universidad de la República, UNAPS, Montevideo, Uruguay
David Gunnell, Dept of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Ann P Haas, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), New York NY, USA
Gergö Hadlaczky, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ulrich Hegerl, Kompetenznetz Depression, Psychiatrische Klinik, Munich, Germany
Gregor Henderson, National Programme for Improving Mental Health & Wellbeing, Scottish Government, UK
Herbert Hendin, New York NY, USA
Silvia Hernandez, Epidemiology Specialist, Dept of Public Health, Montevideo, Uruguay
Boon Hock, Singapore
Christina W Hoven, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Epidemiology & Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
Maya Iohan-Barak, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel
Rachel Jenkins, Section of Mental Health Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Guo-Xin Jiang, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Jennifer Jones, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
John Kalafat, New York, USA (Deceased)
Yoshihiro Kaneko, Dept of Empirical Social Security Research, National Inst of Population & Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan
Chiaki Kawanishi, Dept of Psychiatry, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Ad Kerkhof, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Murad M Khan, Dept of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Robert A King, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
Anat Brunstein Klomek, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
Valery Krasnov, Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
Orit Krispin, Gehah Psychiatric Hospital, Petah-Tikva, Israel
Karolina Krysinska, Australian Institute of Suicide Research & Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Antoon Leenaars, Windsor ON, Canada
David Lester, Center for the Study of Suicide, Richard Stockton College, New Jersey, USA
Jouko Lönnqvist, Dept of Mental Health & Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Ilkka Mäkinen, Stockholm, Sweden
Kevin Malone, Dept of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
T John Maltsberger, Brookline, MA, USA
Donald Mandell, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Epidemiology & Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
John Mann, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Dept of Psychiatry, New York NY, USA
Elizabeth Mårtensson, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Carlos Martinez,
Andrej Marusic, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Deceased)
Karen Maxim-Dunne, New York, USA
David McDaid, LSE Health & Social Care & European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK
Lars Mehlum, Suicide Research& Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Alexander Mokhovikov, Odessa, Ukraine
Hans-Jurgen Möller, University of Munich, Dept of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
Véronique Narboni, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ana Nordenskiöld, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Ahmed Okasha, Cairo, Egypt
Tarek Okasha, Cairo, Egypt
Maria Oquendo, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Dept of Neuroscience, New York NY, USA
Israel Orbach, Bar-Ilan University, Dept of Psychology, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Emilio Ovuga, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda
Maria del Carmen Paparamborda, Epidemiology & Social Medicine, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Ramin Parsey, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA
Silvia Pelaez Remigio, Montevideo, Uruguay
Rossana Pettersèn, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Tim Pfeiffer-Gerschel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Michael Phillips, Beijing Hui Guan Hospital, Beijing Suicide Prevention Centre, Beijing, China
Jane Pirkis, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
Somparn Promta, Dept of Philosophy & Center for Buddhist Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Aron Rabinowitz, Bar-Ilan University, Dept of Psychology, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Inga-Lill Ramberg,
Nils Rettersol, Oslo, Norway (Deceased)
Zoltán Rihmer, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Elsa Ronningstam, McLean Hospital, Belmont MA, USA
Alec Roy, Psychiatry Service, Dept of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, USA
Vsevolod Rozanov, Odessa State University, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Odessa, Ukraine
David M Rudd, Texas Technical University, Dept of Psychology, Lubbock TX, USA
Esther Ruf, Institute of Epidemiology - GSF National Research Centre for Environment & Health, München-Neuherberg, Germany
Dan Rujescu, Dept of Molecular & Clinical Neurobiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Wolfgang Rutz, Unit for Psychiatry & Health Promotion, Division of Psychiatry, Academic University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Paul Salkovskis , Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Benedetto Saraceno, Dept of Mental Health & Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Marco Sarchiapone, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
Sylvia Schaller, University of Mannheim, Germany
Mark Schechter, North Shore Medical Center, Salem MA, USA
Lourens Schlebusch, Dept of Behavioural Medicine, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Armin Schmidtke, University of Würzburg, Dept of Clinical Psychology, Würzburg, Germany
Menakshi Sharma, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
Gal Shoval, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Xiao Shuiyuan, School of Public Health, Mental Health Center, Xiangya Hospital of
Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Morton Silverman, Chicago IL, USA
Marcus Sokolowski,
Jean-Pierre Soubrier, Paris, France
Anthony Spirito, Dept of Psychiatry, Brown University, Center for Alcohol & Addictions Studies, Providence, RI, USA
Barbara Stanley, Columbia University, Dept of Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA
Egon Stenager, Odense, Denmark
Elsebeth Stenager, Dept of Social Medicine, Odense Municipality, Odense, Denmark
Sabrina Stefanello, Dept of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
R Stiliha,
Charlotta Sunnqvist, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Prakarn Thomyangkoon, Dept of Psychiatry, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Lars-Håkan Thorell,
David Titelman, Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
Huong Thi Tran, Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden
Lil Träskman-Bendz, Dept of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
David Trotter,
Gustavo Turecki, Douglas Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Sam Tyano, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
Mark D Underwood, Dept of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA
H M van Praag, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Airi Värnik, Tallinn, Estonia
Freddy Vasquez ,
Naseema Vawda, King Edward VIII Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Kotturpuram, Chennai, India
Camilla Wasserman, Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group, Columbia University, New York, USA
Danuta Wasserman, National Centre for Suicide Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Jerzy Wasserman,
Igor Weinberg, McLean Hospital, Belmont MA, USA
Michael Westerlund, Dept of Journalism, Media & Communication, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Ben Williams,
Lisa Wittenberg,
Fei Wu, Dept of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China
Akiko Yamasaki, Osaka University, Japan
Su Yin Yap,
Paul Yip, HKJC Centre for Suicide Research & Prevention, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Gil Zalsman, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel "...the most comprehensive textbook that has ever been published in this field...This extraordinary book will be the key source of references for both researchers and professionals working in [this] wide area." - European Journal of Neurology PrefaceNorman Sartorius Part I - Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective:
1: Camilla Wasserman: Suicide: considering religion and culture
2: HM van Praag: The role of religion in suicide prevention
3: Wu Fei: Cultural and religious traditions in China: the influence of Confucianism on suicide prevention
4: Lakshmi Vijayakumar: Hindu religion and suicide in India
5: Somparn Promta & Prakarn Thomyangkoon: A Buddhist perspective on suicide
6: Yoshihiro Kaneko, Akiko Yamasaki & Kiminori Arai: The Shinto religion and suicide in Japan
7: Israel Orbach & Aron Rabinowitz: Suicide in the Jewish scriptures
8: Ahmed Okasha & Tarek Okasha: Suicide and Islam
9: Nils Rettersol & Øivind Ekeberg: Christianity and suicide
10: Lourens Schlebusch, Stephanie Burrows & Naseema Vawda: Suicide prevention and religious traditions on the African continent
11: Emilio Ovuga & Jed Boardman: The role of religion in suicide prevention work in Uganda
12: Gaspar Baquedano: Maya religion and traditions: influencing suicide prevention in contemporary Mexico
Part II - The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide
13: José Bertolote & Danuta Wasserman: Development of definitions of suicidal behaviors: from suicidal thoughts to completed suicides
14: José Bertolote & Alexandra Fleischmann: A global perspective on the magnitude of suicide mortality
15: José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann, Diego De Leo & Danuta Wasserman: Suicidal thoughts, suicidal plans and attempts in the general population on different continents
16: Suicide attempts in the general population and in clinical settings on the five continents: epidemiological and clinical aspects
16a: Lourens Schlebusch & Stephanie Burrows: Suicide attempts in Africa
16b: Guo-Xin Jiang & Qi Cheng: Suicide attempts in Asia
16c: Neury J Botega & Sabrina Stefanello: Suicide attempts in South and Central America
16d: Morton Silverman: Suicide attempts in North America
16e: Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz & Armin Schmidtke: Suicide attempts in Europe
16f: Jane Pirkis, Annette Beautrais & Tony Durkee: Suicide attempts in New Zealand and Australia
17: David Lester: Extended suicide
Part III - Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
18: Ilkka Mäkinen: Social theories of suicide
19: Elsa Ronningstam, John Maltsberger & Igor Weinberg: Psychoanalytic theories of suicide: historical overview and empirical evidence
20: David Rudd, David Trotter & Ben Williams: Psychological theories of suicidal behaviour
21: Danuta Wasserman, Marcus Sokolowski, Jerzy Wasserman & Dan Rujescu: Neurobiology and genetics of suicide
22: Alec Roy & Marco Sarchiapone: Interaction of hereditary and environmental factors in the psychiatric disorders associated with suicidal behaviours
Part IV - Political Determinants of Suicide
23: Airi Värnik & Alexander Mohovikov: Suicide during transition in the former Soviet Republics
24: Xiao Shuiyuan: Suicide study and suicide prevention in mainland China
25: Danuta Wasserman: Suicide and attempted suicide among indigenous people
26: David Lester: Suicide during war and genocide
Part V - Social and Economical Determinants of Suicide
27: Ilkka Mäkinen & Danuta Wasserman: Labour market, work environment and suicide
28: Menakshi Sharma & Dinesh Bhugra: Suicide among migrants
29: Sylvia Sara Canetto: Prevention of suicidal behaviour in females: opportunities and obstacles
30: Wolfgang Rutz & Zoltan Rihmer: Suicide in men: suicide prevention for the 'male person'
31: Vsevelod Rozanov, Lars Mehlum & R Stiliha: Suicide in military settings, combats and veterans
32: Ad Kerkhof & Eric Blaauw: Suicide in prisons and remand centres: screening and prevention
Part VI - Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
33: Jouko Lönnqvist: Major psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters
34: Barbara Stanley & Jennifer Jones: Risk for suicidal behaviour in personality disorders
35: Elsebeth Stenager & Egon Stenager: Somatic diseases and suicidal behaviour
Part VII - Suicide Risk Assessment
Psychometric measures
36: Per Bech & S Awata: Measurement of suicidal behaviour with psychometric scales
37: Alexandra Fleischmann, José Bertolote, Diego De Leo & Danuta Wasserman: Instruments used in SUPRE-MISS - the WHO Multisite Interventions Study on Suicidal Behaviours
Clinical measures
38: March Schechter & John Maltsberger: The clinical interview as a method in suicide risk assessment
39: Herbert Hendin: Recognizing a suicide crisis in psychiatric patients
Biological measures
40: John Mann & Dianne Currier: Biological predictors of suicidal behaviour in mood disorders
41: Maria Oquendo, Tresha Gibbs & Ramin Parsey: Neuroimaging of suicidal behaviour: where does the field stand?
42: Lars-Håkan Thorell: Electrodermal hyporeactivity and suicide risk
43: Victoria Arango, Helene Bach-Mizrachi, Mark D Underwood & John Mann: Post-mortem studies of serotonin in suicide
Part VIII - Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
44: David McDaid: An economic perspective on suicide across the five continents
45: Danuta Wasserman & Elizabeth Mårtensson: World Health Organization and European Union policy actions, responsibilities and solutions in preventing suicide
46: Martin Andersson & Rachel Jenkins: The role of the state and legislations in suicide prevention - the five continents perspective
47: Danuta Wasserman & Tony Durkee: Strategies in suicide prevention
Part IX - Health Care Strategies: Treatment of Suicidal Adults
48: John Maltsberger & Mark J Goldblatt: Countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients
49: Hans-Jurgen Möller: Pharmacological and biological treatments of suicidal individuals
50: Jan Fawcett: Severe anxiety and agitation as treatment modifiable risk factors for suicide
51: Jan Beskow, Paul Salkovskis & Astrid Palm Beskow: Cognitive treatment of suicidal adults
52: Barbara Stanley & Beth S Brodsky: Dialectical behaviour therapy for suicidal individuals: the international perspective
53: David M Rudd: The psychological and behavioural treatment of suicidal behaviour: what are the common elements of treatments that work?
54: Edward J Dunne: Family psychoeducation with suicide attempters
55: Thomas Brönisch: The role of paintings in suicide treatment and prevention
Part X - Health Care Strategies: Treatment Settings for Adults
56: Madelyn Gould & John Kalafat: Crisis hotlines
57: Zoltan Rihmer & Wolfgang Rutz: Treatment of attempted suicide and suicidality in primary care
58: Lars Mehlum: Treatment of suicide attempts and suicidality in psychiatric care
59: Lil Träskman-Bendz & Charlotta Sunnqvist: A specialized in-patient unit for suicidal patients: advantages and disadvantages
60: Herbert Hendin: Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a medical and psychological perspective
Part XI - Public Health Strategies: Awareness and Education
61: Ulrich Hegerl, Sandra Dietrich, Tim Pfeiffer-Gerschel, Lisa Wittenburg & David Althaus: Education and awareness prgrams for adults: selected and multilevel approaches in suicide prevention
62: Christina Hoven, Sam Tyano & Donald Mandell: Community mental health in youth and suicide awareness: exposing dark secrets - what must be told
63: David Titelman & Danuta Wasserman: Suicide prevention by education and the moulding of attitudes
64: Michael Westerlund, Sylvia Schaller & Armin Schmidtke: The role of mass-media reporting and suicide prevention
65: Michael Westerlund & Danuta Wasserman: The role of the internet in suicide prevention
66: Gérard Camy: Representations of suicide in cinema
Part XII - Public Health Strategies: Early Detection and Health Promotion
67: Andrej Marusic: Early detection of mental ill-health, harmful stress and suicidal behaviours
68: Madelyn Gould: The role of schools, colleges and universities in suicide prevention
Part XIII - Public Health Strategies: Controlling the Access to Means of Suicide
69: Annette Beautrais & Sheree Gibb: Protecting bridges and high buildings in suicide prevention
70: Ying-Yeh Chen & S F Yip: Prevention of suicide by jumping: experiences from Taipei City (Taiwan), Hong Kong and Singapore
71: Antoon Leenaars, David Lester, Gaspar Baquedano, Chris Cantor, John Connolly, Emilio Ovuga, Silvia Pelaez Remigio & Lakshmi Vijayakumar: Restriction of access to drugs and medications in suicide prevention
72: Antoon Leenaars: Gun availability and control in suicide prevention
73: Michael Phillips & David Gunnell: Restriction of access to pesticide in suicide prevention
74: Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Esther Ruf, Jens Baumert & Natalia Erazo: Prevention of metropolitan and railway suicide
75: Paul Yip: Prevention of suicide due to charcoal burning
76: Danuta Wasserman & Gergö Hadlaczky: Restriction of alcohol in suicide prevention
Part XIV - Survivors of Suicide Loss
77: Edward J Dunne & Karen Maxim-Dunne: Why suicide loss is different for the survivors
78: Onja Grad: Therapists as survivors of suicide loss
79: Frans Barro: How to help survivors of suicide loss
Part XV - Yound People and Suicide
80: Alan Apter, Cendrine Bursztein, José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann & Danuta Wasserman: Suicide on the five continents in the young
81: Israel Orbach & Maya Johan-Barak: Psychopathology and risk factors for suicide in the young: theoretical and empirical
82: Robert A King: Psychodynamic and family aspects of youth suicide
83: Alan Apter, Orit Krispin & Cendrine Bursztein: Psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters
84: Gil Zalsman & Gal Shoval: The link between physical disabilities and suicidality in children and adolescents
85: Anat Brunstein Klomek, Orit Krispin & Alan Apter: Suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents in different clinical settings
86: David Brent: Effective treatments for suicidal youth: pharmacological and psychosocial approaches
87: Anthony Spirito & Christianne Esposito-Smythers: Individual therapy techniques with suicidal adolescents
88: Kevin Malone & Su Yin Yap: Innovative psychosocial rehabilitation of suicidal young people
Part XVI - Elderly and Suicide
89: Diego De Leo, Karolina Krysinska, José Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann & Danuta Wasserman: Suicidal behaviours on the five continents among the elderly
90: Diego De Leo, Brian Draper & Karolina Krysinska: Suicidal elderly people in clinical and community settings: risk factors, treatment and suicide prevention
Part XVII - Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
91: Benedetto Saraceno: The World Health Organization's role in suicide prevention
92: Marco Sarchiapone, Jean Pierre Soubrier & Danuta Wasserman: The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) - section of suicidology
93: Lars Mehlum: International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
94: Danuta Wasserman & John Mann: The International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR)
95: Danuta Wasserman, Marco Sarchiapone & Vladimir Carli: The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) - section on suicidology and suicide prevention
96: Lanny Berman: American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
97: Ann P Haas, Robert Gebbia & Paula Clayton: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
98: Herbert Hendin: Suicide Prevention International (SPI)
99: Karl Andriessen: The role of volunteer organizations in suicide prevention
Part XVIII - Examples of how to Develop Suicide Prevention on the five Continents
Africa
100: Lourens Schlebusch & Stephanie Burrows: South Africa
101: Emilio Ovuga & Jed Boardman: Uganda
Asia
102: Paul Yip: Hong Kong
103: Lakshmi Vijayakumar: India
104: Chiaki Kawanishi & Yoshihiro Kaneko: Japan
105: Murad M Khan: Pakistan
106: Boon Hock: Singapore
107: Huong Thi Tran: Vietnam
Australia/New Zealand
108: Diego De Leo: Australia
109: Annette Beautrais: New Zealand
Europe
110: Airi Värnik & Danuta Wasserman: Estonia
111: Louko Lönnqvist: Finland
112: Véronique Narboni & Jean Pierre Soubrier: France
113: Elmar Etzersdorfer: Germany
114: Alan Apter: Israel
115: Marco Sarchiapone: Italy
116: Doina Cosman: Romania
117: Valery Krasnov: Russia
118: Gregor Henderson: Scotland
119: Danuta Wasserman, Ana Nordenskjöld & Inga-Lill Ramberg: Sweden
120: Vsevolod Rozanov & Alexander Mohovikov: Ukraine
North America
121: Gustavo Turecki: Canada
122: Morton Silverman: United States of America
South America
123: Paulo Alterwain, Hector basile, Daniel Frankel, Jaime Greif, Silvia Hernandez, Maria del Carmen Paparamborda: Suicide prevention in South America
124: Carlos Martinez: Argentina
125: Neury Botega: Brazil
126: Marcello Ferrada-Noli: Chile
127: Sergio Perez A Barrero: Cuba
128: Rossana Pettersen & Freddy Vasquez: Peru
129: Silvia Peláez: Uruguay
