Awards

• Commended for BMA Medical Book Competition: Mental Health Category 2006.
• Winner of Highly commended in the Mental Health category in the BMA Medical Book Competition 2006.

Overview

Worldwide, at least 1 million people die by suicide each year and many millions more attempt suicide. However, suicide has been increasingly recognised as a preventable problem in many cases. Because of this, and the rising rates of suicide in young people, many countries have established national suicide prevention strategies. These include the United Kingdom, the USA, Scandinavian countries, other countries in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. There is also increasing emphasis on the treatment of suicidal people and those who have made suicide attempts. In order to be effective it is imperative that strategies for treatment and prevention are based on sound scientific evidence. In this book leading figures from psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology, public health, and social medicine bring together the research evidence concerning the key elements in suicide prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour and translate it into implications for practical action. This includes social and public health policy as well as clinical practice. The book draws together the evidence relevant to treatment and prevention, and uses this in order to highlight the most effective approaches. The range of initiatives covered is wide, reflecting the complex nature of suicide and hence the need for a range of approaches. This book will be an essential source for anyone concerned with the design and implementation of effective suicide prevention strategies, including clinicians working with individual patients, strategic policy makers, and researchers.

Full Product Details

Author:   Keith Hawton (Director, Centre for Suicide Research, Oxford University, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.734kg
ISBN:  

9780198529750

ISBN 10:   0198529759
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   22 September 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

1: Keith Hawton: Introduction and overview 2: Ping Qin, Esben Agerbo & Preben Bo Mortensen: Factors contributing to suicide: the epidemiological evidence from large-scale registers 3: David Gunnell: Time trends and geographic differences in suicide: implications for prevention 4: Stephen Platt, Stephen Davis, Michael Sharpe & Fiona O'May: Contextual effects in suicidal behaviour: evidence, explanation and implications 5: J Mark G Williams, Catherine Crane, Thorsten Barnhofer & Danielle Duggan: Psychology and suicidal behaviour: elaborating the entrapment model 6: Kees van Heeringen: Psychobiological approaches to the predisposition to suicidal behaviour: implications for treatment and prevention 7: Andrej Marusic & Peter McGuffin: Interplay of genes and environment as contributory factors in suicidal behaviour 8: Lars Mehlum: Traumatic stress and suicidal behaviour: an important target for treatment and prevention 9: Louis Appleby, Nicola Swinson & Navneet Kapur: Making mental health services safer 10: Robert D Goldney: Risk factors for suicidal behaviour: translating knowledge into practice 11: Kay Redfield Jamison & Keith Hawton: The burden of suicide and clinical suggestions for prevention 12: Keith Hawton: Psychosocial treatments following attempted suicide: evidence to inform clinical practice 13: Yeates Conwell & Paul Duberstein: Suicide in older adults: determinants of risk and opportunities for prevention 14: The resistance of suicide: why haven't antidepressants reduced suicide rates? A Herman M van Praag 15: Ingeborg Rossow: Substance use and suicidal behaviour 16: Keith Hawton: Restriction of access to methods of suicide as a means of suicide prevention 17: Keith Hawton & Kathryn Williams: Media influences on suicidal behaviour: evidence and prevention 18: Jo Paton & Rachel Jenkins: Suicide and suicide attempts in prisons 19: Lakshmi Vijayakumar & Simon Armson: Volunteer perspectives on suicide prevention 20: Onja Grad: Suicide survivorship: an unknown journey from loss to gain - from individual to global perspectives

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Author Information

Professor Keith Hawton DSc is the recipient of: 1995 Stengel Reseach Award by the International Association for Suicide Prevention 2001 Dublin Research Award by the American Association for Suicidology 2002 Research Award of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

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