Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention

Approximately 1 million people commit suicide world-wide annually and around 10 million attempt suicide each year. Suicide is a major public health problem throughout the world, and major efforts are currently being made to help reduce these numbers. However, suicide is the result of complex interactions between a range of factors, including historical, psychological, cultural, biological, and social, and any approach to treating the problem of suicide has to consider all these factors.

This new edition of the Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention has been thoroughly updated and expanded since publication of the first edition in 2009. This comprehensive resource covers all aspects of suicidal behaviour and suicide prevention from a number of different perspectives, including its underlying religious and cultural factors; its political, social and economic causes; its psychiatric and somatic determinants; and its public health impacts. The new edition includes several new clinically focussed chapters devoted to major psychiatric disorders and their relation to suicide, including mood and anxiety disorders, substance abuse, psychosis/schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and personality disorders. It also includes a fully updated section on psychometric scales used for measuring suicidal behaviour and instruments used in suicide preventative interventions.

Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, this second edition will continue to serve as the key reference source for both researchers and professionals working in the areas of suicidology and suicide prevention, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, public health specialists, and neuroscientists.

Danuta Wasserman, Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology, Karolinska Insitutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden

Danuta Wasserman is Professor in Psychiatry and Suicidology at Karolinska Institutet (KI), and the Founding Head of the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP). Since 1995, she has also been the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Methods Development and Training in Suicide Prevention, and an expert advisor to the WHO office in Copenhagen and Geneva. Former President of the European Psychiatric Association, she is Honotaty President of the Swedish-Estonian Institute of Suicidology.

Professor Wasserman has received a number of research awards for her work, such as the Stengel Award, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Distinguished Research Award, the Hans-Rost Prize, and the Nordic Public Health Prize.

Part I: Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective
1. Religion, more than just protective, Camilla Wasserman
2. The role of religion in suicide prevention, Herman M van Praag
3. Confucianism, Taosim, and suicide, Wu Fei
4. Hindu religion and suicide in India, Lakshmi Vijayakumar
5. A Buddhist perspective on suicide, Somparn Promta and Prakarn Thomyangkoon
6. The Shinto religion and suicide in Japan, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Akiko Yamasaki, and Kiminori Arai
7. Suicide in the Jewish scriptures, Aaron Rabinowitz and Israel Orbach
8. Suicide and Islam, Ahmed Okasha and Tarek Okasha
9. Christianity and suicide, ?ivind Ekeberg and Nils Retterst?l
10. The role of religion in suicide prevention work in Uganda, Emilio Ovuga and Jed Boardman
11. Maya religion and traditions: Inauencing suicide prevention in contemporary Yucatan, Mexico, Gaspar Baquedano
Part 2: The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
12. Development of definitions of suicidal behaviours: from suicidal thoughts to completed suicides, Jos? M Bertolote and Danuta Wasserman
13. A global perspective on suicides and suicide attempters, Alexandra Fleischmann and Elise Paul
14. Attempted Suicide, Emma Bj?rkenstam, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, and Armin Schmidtke
15. International perspective on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), Romuald Brunner, Kathrin Mikan, Maximilian Niebler, and Stephanie Kandsperger
16. Extended suicide, David Lester
17. Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Netherlands and Oregon: A Medical and Psychological Perspective, Herbert Hendin, Kathleen Foley and Josephine Hendin
18. Legislation and ethics of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in psychiatric patients: evidence from Benelux, Philippe Courtet and Emilie Oli?
Part 3: Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
19. Social theories of suicide, Ilkka Henrik M?kinen and Yerko Rojas
20. Psychoanalytic theories of suicide: historical overview and empirical evidence, Elsa Ronningstam, Igor Weinberg, and John T. Maltsberger
21. Psychological theories of suicidal behaviour, David Rudd and Andrea Perez Munoz
22. Biological theories of suicidal behaviour, Gustavo Turecki
23. Neurobiology and the genetics of suicide, Danuta Wasserman, Jerzy Wasserman, Dan Rujescu, and Marcus Sokolowski
Part 4: Political, Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide
24. Suicide during transition in the Former Soviet Union, Airi V?rnik and Peeter V?rnik
25. Suicide during war and genocides, David Lester
26. Suicide in military settings, Vsevolod Rozanov
27. Suicide in prisons and remand centres: Risk factors and prevention, Marco Sarchiapone and Miriam Iosue
28. Suicide among migrants, Adam Montgomery and Dinesh Bhugra
29. Suicide and attempted suicide among indigenous people, Jennifer Hughes and Gerg? Hadlaczky
30. Labour market, work environment and suicide, Ilkka Henrik M?kinen, Yerko Rojas and Danuta Wasserman
Part 5: Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
31. Mood and anxiety disorders in suicide and suicide at-tempters, Jouko Lonnqvist
32. Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for suicide in combat veterans, Herbert Hendin
33. Alcohol, other psychoactive substance use disorders, and suicide, Tine Maes and Geert Dom
34. Suicide among people with psychosis in schizophrenia spectrum epidemiology and prevention, Merete Nordentoft and Trine Madsen
35. Suicidal behaviour and bipolar disorder: risk and resilience factors, Maj Vinberg and Merete Nordentoft
36. Suicidal behaviour and non-suicidal self-injury among patients with eating disorders, Judit Balazs and Lili Olga Horvath
37. Adjustment disorder and suicide in adult and youth population, Mira Levis Frenk and Alan Apter
38. Risk for suicidal behaviour in personality disorders, Barbara Stanley, Raksha Kandlur, and Jennifer Jones
Part 6: Somatic and gender Determinants of Suicide
39. Somatic diseases and suicidal behaviour, Elsebeth Stenager, Egon Stenager and Annette Erlangsen
40. Women and suicidal behaviour: New directions in theory, research and prevention, Silvia Sara Canetto
41. Suicide in men: Suicide prevention for the male person, Wolfgang Rutz and Zoltan Rihmer
42. Sexual and gender minority populations and suicidal behaviours, Helen Keeley, Fiachra O Suilleabhain and Marie Leane
Part 7: Suicide Risk Assessment
43. Decision making and biases in suicide risk assessment, Gerg? Hadlaczky
Psychometric Measures
44. Scales for the evaluation of suicide risk, Hilario Blasco Fontecilla and Jos? de Le?n
Clinical Measures
45. The role of the clinical interview in suicide risk assessment, Mark Schechter and John T. Maltsberger
46. Recognizing a suicide crisis in psychiatric patients, Herbert Hendin
Biological Measures
47. Biological predictors of suicidal behaviour in mood disorders, J. John Mann and Dianne Currier
48. Neuroimaging of Suicidal Behaviour: A Decade of Progress, Katherin Sudol and Maria A Oquendo
Part 8: Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
49. An economic perspective on suicide across the five continents, David McDaid, Brendan Kennelly, Susan Andrie, and Brendan McElroy
50. Strategies in suicide prevention, Danuta Wasserman
Part 9: Health Care Strategies
Early Detection
51. Early detection of risk-taking, self-harming, and suicidal behaviour, Corinna Reichl and Michael Kaess
52. Early detection and management of suicidal patients in primary care, Zolt?n Rihmer and Wolfgang Rutz
53. Crisis hotlines, Emily Halford, Alison M. Lake, and Madelyn S. Gould
Treatment
54. Pharmacological and other biological treatments of suicidal individuals, Hans-Jurgen Moller
55. Countertransference in the treatment of suicidal patients, Mark J. Goldblatt and John T. Maltsberger
56. The psychological and behavioural treatment of suicidal behaviour: what are the common elements of treatments that worka
57. Dialectical behaviour therapy for suicidal individuals, Beth S. Brodsky, Barbara Stanley, and Ilana Gratch
58. Cognitive and Other Therapies for Suicidal Individuals, Megan Chesin and Barbara Stanley
59. Online treatment programmes for suicidal persons: Current evidence and future directions, Bj?rn Meyer
60. Treatment of suicide attempts and suicidal patients in psychiatric care, Lars Mehlum
61. Prevention of suicide following psychiatric hospitalization, Natalie B. Riblet and Brian Shiner
62. Family psycho-education after a suicide attempt, Karolina Krysinska and Karl Andriessen
63. Art in suicide treatment and prevention, Thomas Bronisch and Flora von Spreti
Part 10: Survivors of Suicide Loss
64. Suicide loss: Characteristics and support for people bereaved by suicide, Karl Andriessen and Karolina Krysinska
65. Therapists as survivors of suicide loss, Onja T. Grad
Part 11: Young People and Suicide
66. Psychopathology and risk factors for suicide in the young, Maya Iohan-Barak and Israel Orbach
67. Psychiatric disorders in suicide and suicide attempters, Mira Levis Frenk, Cendrine Bursztein, and Alan Apter
68. The link between physical disorders and suicidality in children and adolescents, Gil Zalsman, Gal Shoval and Nir Lubad
69. Effective treatments for suicidal youth: Psychosocial and pharmacological approaches, David Brent
70. Individual therapy techniques with suicidal adolescents, Anthony Spirito, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, and Shayna Cheek
Part 12: Elderly People and Suicide
71. Suicidal older people in clinical and community settings : Risk factors, treatment and suicide prevention, Diego De Leo, Brian Draper, and Karolina Krysinska
Part 13: Public Health Strategies
Awareness and Education
72. Suicide prevention by education and the moulding of attitudes, David Titelman and Danuta Wasserman
73. Universal suicide prevention in schools, Camilla Wasserman and Vladimir Carli
74. Multilevel approaches in adult suicide prevention, Ulrich Hegerl, Ines Heinz, and Julian Hug
75. Mass-media and suicide prevention, Michael Westerlund and Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
76. The role of the Internet in suicide prevention from the public health perspective, Michael Westerlund and Karolina Krysinska
77. Representations of suicide in cinema, G?rard Camy
Controlling the access to means of suicide
78. The role of restricting access to potentially lethal medication in suicide prevention, Cyril Hoschl and Pavla ?erm?kov?
79. Restrictions of access to pesticides in suicide prevention, Michael R. Phillips and David Gunnell
80. Gun availability and gun control in suicide prevention, Thomas Reisch
81. Prevention of metropolitan and railway suicide, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Natalia Erazo, and Karoline Lukaschek
82. Protecting bridges in suicide prevention, Vladimir Carli and Miriam Iosue
83. Prevention of suicide by jumping: experiences from Taipei City (Taiwan), Hong Kong and Singapore, Paul Yip, Yingqi Guo, Lynn Tang, and Ying-Yeh Chen
84. Prevention of suicide due to charcoal burning, Ying-Yeh Chen, Jacky Wong, and Paul Yip
85. Restriction of alcohol in suicide prevention, Gerg? Hadlaczky and Danuta Wasserman
Part 14: Worldwide networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
86. The World Health Organization s role in suicide prevention, D?vora Kestel and Alexandra Fleischmann
87. The World Psychiatric Association Section of Suicidology, Vladimir Carli, Danuta Wasserman, and Jean Pierre Kahn
88. The European Psychiatric Association Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention, Marco Sarchiapone, Jorge Lopez Castroman, and Carla Gramaglia
89. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology network on studies of suicide and suicide prevention, Danuta Wasserman and Vladimir Carli
90. The International Academy of Suicide Research, Danuta Wasserman and J. John Mann
91. The International Association for Suicide Prevention, Lars Mehlum and Ella Arensman
92. The American Association of Suicidology, Amy J. Kulp and Julie Cerel
93. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Robert Gebbia and Christine Moutier
94. Suicide Prevention International, Herbert Hendin
95. The role of volunteer organizations in suicide prevention, Karl Andriessen