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Title: |
Suicide from a Global Perspective |
| Sub-title: |
Psychiatric Approaches |
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| Edited by: |
Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Kimbrell, David Lester |
| ISBN10-13: |
1619422670 : 9781619422674 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
260x180mm |
| Pages: |
233 |
| Weight: |
.654 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - November 2012 |
| List Price: |
194.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Psychology: emotions |
| This series of books presents current information on the causes of suicide and the best tactics for preventing suicide. The contributors represent diverse perspectives and academic disciplines and come from all major continents, thereby providing a global perspective. This volume on psychiatric perspectives explores the role of psychiatric disorder in suicidal behaviour. This book reviews current research on the neurophysiological basis for suicide. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Foreword; Attempted suicide; Completed suicide; Suicide: The process from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt; The suicide pathway; Deliberate self-harm, parasuicide & non-fatal suicidal behavior: From definitions to empowering practices; The prefrontal cortex & suicide; Serotonin & suicide; Toward identifying a gene for suicide; The neurobiology of suicidal behavior in children & adolescents; Biological markers of suicidal behaviour; Suicide, personality & neurodevelopment; Suicide & mental morbidity; Suicide In Minor Mental Disorders; Suicide, Psychosis & Severe Mental Disorders; Suicide in unipolar major depression; Suicide & bipolar disorders; Suicide in schizophrenia; Suicide & substance abuse; What is the relationship between suicide & eating disorders?; Chronic suicidal ideation in borderline personality disorder; Alcohol as a suicide risk factor; Index. |
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