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Approximately one million people worldwide commit suicide each year, and at least ten times as many attempt suicide. A considerable number of these people are in contact with members of the healthcare sector, and encounters with suicidal individuals form a common part of the everyday work of many he...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
Approximately one million people worldwide commit suicide each year, and at least ten times as many attempt suicide. A considerable number of these people are in contact with members of the healthcare sector, and encounters with suicidal individuals form a common part of the everyday work of many healthcare professionals. Suicide: An unnecessary death examines the pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and psychosocial measures adopted by psychiatrists, GPs, and other health-care staff, and emphasizes the need for a clearer psychodynamic understanding of the self if patients are to be successfu |
| Carrier Form: | xxxv, 411 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780198717393 0198717393 |
| Index Number: | RC569 |
| CLC: |
C913.9 B846 |
| Call Number: | C913.9/S948/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Section I Epidemiology -- Suicide in the world, Alexandra Fleischmann -- Section II Theoretical models of suicide behaviour -- Stress-vulnerability model of suicidal behaviours / Danuta Wasserman and Marcus Sokolowski -- The suicidal process / Danuta Wasserman -- Neurobiology of suicide and attempted suicide / J. John Mann and Victoria Arango -- Social dimensions of suicide / Ilkka Henrik Makinen -- Section III Risk groups for suicide -- IIIA Psychiatric disorders -- Depression, bipolar disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman -- Alcohol, other psychoactive substance use disorders and suicid |