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Author:   Leo Sher, M.D. ,  Alexander Vilens
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   1.120kg
ISBN:  

9781607410775

ISBN 10:   160741077
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   28 July 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface; The Internet in suicide prevention and promotion; The Internet: Its role in the occurrence and prevention of suicide; The advantages and the disadvantages of the Internet in preventing suicide; Web-based suicide prevention education: Innovations in research, training, and practice; Improving public health practice in suicide prevention through online training: A case example; Internet resources for preventing suicide; Preventing suicide through the Internet; Warning signs for suicide: Safe and effective information delivery online; A potential source of data in understanding youth suicide - Instant Messages; Internet and emerging suicide method: A case study of contagion of charcoal burning suicides via the Internet; ""I am so sick of this life"": A semiotic analysis of suicidal messages on the Internet; The Internet and suicide pacts; Internet as a healing or killing tool in youth suicide phenomenon; Exploring self-injury and suicide in relation to self-harm discussion groups on the Internet; ""Across the street -- not down the road"" - staying alive through deliberate self-harm; Borderline personality, contagion, and the Internet; Information for crisis intervention and suicide prevention resources for individuals with substance use disorders on the Internet; Effect of mass media on suicidal behavior in patients with psychotic disorders; The use of the Internet for research on suicides in the elderly; For better or for worse? Suicide and the Internet in world today; Media suicide-reports, Internet use and the incidence of suicides in Japan; Internet-associated suicide in Japan; Hard-to-reach populations and stigmatized topics: Internet-based mental health research for Japanese men who are gay, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation; Suicide in China in the era of the Internet; Internet communication about assisted or ""Rational"" suicide: Legal and ethical considerations for practice; Can suicide be quantified and categorized?; Mental illness and suicide; The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder, suicidal behavior in war veterans and possible use of Internet-based therapies in the treatment of war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder; Index."

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Leo Sher, MD is a psychiatrist with a background in internal medicine. His areas of research and clinical expertise include neurobiology, diagnosis, and treatment of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior. He is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Inpatient Psychiatry Service at the James J Peters VA Medical Center in New York. He has authored about 600 scientific publications, is a reviewer for numerous medical journals, the recipient of several awards and the first researcher in North America who introduced the use of the combined dexamethasone suppression/corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test for psychiatric purposes. Dr. Sher has experience as a forensic psychiatric expert and consultant.

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