Multidisciplinary and comprehensive in scope, this volume serves as an authoritative overview of scientific knowledge about suicide and its prevention, providing a foundation in theory, research, and clinical applications. Issues relevant to clinical case management are highlighted, and various treatment modalities are discussed in light of the latest research findings.
Among The Most Complex Challenges Facing The Clinician, Suicide Exacts A Devastating Toll From Individuals, Families, And Society As A Whole. Yet Much Has Been Learned In Recent Decades About The Nature, Prediction, Prevention, And Treatment Of Suicidal Behaviors. This Landmark Text Provides An Authoritative Overview Of Current Knowledge Across The Behavioral And Social Sciences. Salient Research Findings Are Critically Reviewed And Assessed, And Issues Relevant To Clinical Case Management Are Highlighted. Written By Three International Suicide Authorities From Different Professional Disciplines, The Volume Also Includes Contributions From Other Leading Scientist Practitioners Who Report On Their Respective Areas Of Expertise. Throughout, Case Illustration And Concise Summaries Of Key Issues Enhance The Utility Of The Volume For Students And Professional Alike.Introducing The Field Of Suicidology For The First Time In Textbook Form, The Volume Describes Major Theories, Concepts And Research Models. The Authors Outline The Historical And Contemporary Scope Of The Problem And Provide A Classificatory Framework For Self-Destructive Behaviors. Major Data Sources Are Evaluated, And Efforts To Identify Risk And Protective Factors Described. Turning To Epidemiology, Chapters Compare Gender, Age And Ethnicity Differentials In Suicide; Investigate Socioeconomic Variables; And Take A Close Look At Family And Interpersonal Factors, Findings Are Presented On Suicide Methods And Nonfatal Attempts, And Insights Offered Into The Psychology Suicide Notes. Next, The Volume Addresses Biological And Psychiatric Factors. Chapters Delineate The Links Between Suicide And Mental Disorders, Including Major Depression And Substance Abuse, As Well As The Impact Of Physical Illness. A Range Of Neurobiological Studies Of Suicidality Are Reviewed, And Psychopharmacological Treatment Approaches Discussed. Other Topics Covered Include Models Of Prevention; Religious, Ethical, Philosophical, And Legal Issues; And Problems Facing Loved Ones And Other Survivors.Comprehensive And Multidisciplinary In Scope, This Volume Is Essential Reading For Practitioners, Students, And Researchers In Psychology, Psychiatry, Counseling, Public Health, And Related Fields. It Serves As A Text In Advanced Undergraduate And Graduate-Level Courses.This Special Low-Priced Edition Is For Sale In India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan And Sri Lanka Only.
Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, the new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention remains a key text in the field of suicidology, fully updated with new chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide.
Integrating research from multiple disciplines, this text provides a comprehensive perspective on suicide and examines what works in prevention and intervention. The author is a pioneering researcher and clinician who addresses the classification, prevalence, and assessment of suicide and self-destructive behaviors and explores risk factors at multiple levels, from demographic variables, personality traits, psychiatric diagnoses, and neurobiological factors to the social and cultural context. Student-friendly features include text boxes that dive deeply into specific issues, instructive figures and tables, thought-provoking clinical cases, and engaging examples from literature and popular culture. The text reviews medical and psychosocial treatment and prevention approaches, discusses ways to help those bereaved by suicide, and considers issues of professional liability.
The Oxford Texbook of Suicidology is the most comprehensive textbook on 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, including psychological, cultural, biological, and sociological factors.
In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die. Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology--facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis. The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide.
Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. The authors are master clinicians who take the reader step by step through understanding and assessing severe emotional dysregulation in teens and implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions. Insightful guidance on everything from orientation to termination is enlivened by case illustrations and sample dialogues. Appendices feature 30 mindfulness exercises as well as lecture notes and 12 reproducible handouts for "Walking the Middle Path," a DBT skills training module for adolescents and their families. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print these handouts and several other tools from the book in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. See also Rathus and Miller's DBT? Skills Manual for Adolescents, packed with tools for implementing DBT skills training with adolescents with a wide range of problems.ΓΏ
A useful and much-needed resource, this new book encapsulates the suicide literature into readable chunks, offering both practical skills and research based information. The book provides a comprehensive approach to many essential topics related to suicide and yet maintains a practical readability that busy clinicians will appreciate. Well organized chapters explain the relationship of suicide to specific topics, including a thorough discussion of at-risk clients and multiple aspects of working with suicidal clients (history, assessment, crises management, special populations, prevention, and postvention). Through use of this material, helping professionals will gain insights, practical skills, and therapeutic confidence into their work with the suicidal individual. Readers will appreciate the practical tips, lists, resources, and case studies available throughout. Features Include: Use of case examples and studies throughout. A full chapter on assessment provides solid practical information on a skill not often taught to pre-service helpers. Clinicians can find and use Internet and published resources throughout.
