Overview

Why an entire volume on suicide in schizophrenia? It would appear that international literature already provides enough information in this field. Also, the daily growing number of papers on suicide among schizophrenic are certainly a more updated source of information may contribute to the reduction of deaths by suicide among these patients. Yet, as in the case of suicide as a whole, this progress of knowledge does not match with reduction of suicide rates, let alone reduction of suicide rates among people with schizophrenia. Maybe a summary, an overview that cannot be achieved with a simple Medline search may help those who are involved and those who should be involved in the prevention of self-killing of schizophrenic patients. This book, therefore, reports essays of some of the opinion leaders in the field with the aim to shed light to such overwhelming phenomenon.

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Author:   Roberto Tatarelli ,  Maurizio Pompili ,  Paolo Girdardi
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9781600211997

ISBN 10:   1600211992
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Risk Factors for Suicide in Schizophrenia; Suicide Mortality in Schizophrenics; Symptoms, Subtype and Suicidality in Patients with Schizophrenia; Positive and Negative Symptoms for Later Suicidal Activity Among Schizophrenia Patients; Hospital Admission and Suicide in Schizophrenia; Comparison of Attempted and Completed Suicide; Medical-Legal Aspects of Treating Suicidal Schizophrenic Patients (Imminent); Depression and Suicide in Schizophrenia; Command Hallucinations and Suicide Risk; Awareness of Illness and Suicide Risk; Hopelessness and Suicidal Behaviour in Schizophrenia; Substance Abuse and Suicide in Schizophrenia; Suicide in Schizoaffective Disorders; A Discourse for Hope: on Defences Against Suicide in People with Schizophrenia; Suicide Among Schizophrenic Adolescents in the Long Term of Illness; Change in Hospitalisation Rate and Suicide in Schizophrenia; Recognition of Suicide Risk by Treatment Professionals; Management of Suicidal Schizophrenic Patients in a Psychiatric Emergency Unit; Pharmacological Treatment of Suicidal Schizophrenic Patients; Schizophrenia, Suicide and the Role of Serotonin.

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