Suicide prevention : the global context / edited by Robert J. Kosky ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kosky, Robert.

International Association for Suicide Prevention. Congress 1997 : Adelaide, S. Aust.)

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--Congresses.

Suicide.

Suicide--Prevention--Congresses.

Suicide--Prevention.

Suicidal behavior--Congresses.

Suicidal behavior.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Plenum Press, [1998]

Contents:

Addresses to the Conference

1. Opening Ceremony of the 19th Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention March 22nd

27th 1997: Opening Address from the South Australian Minister of Health / The Honorable Doctor Michael Armitage, and MP 1

2. Suicide Prevention as a Mission / Jean-Pierre Soubrier 3

3. Durkheim Oration: Durkheim and Australian Suicidology / Riaz Hassan 7

4. Norman Farberow: A Legend in Suicide Prevention / Robert D. Goldney 13

5. Meet the Legend: Who Is the Norman L. Farberow? / Onja T. Grad 17

6. Some Recollections of Erwin Stengel during His Sheffield Years / Issy Pilowsky 21

Suicide

7. Beyond the Tower of Babel: A Nomenclature for Suicidology / Patrick W. O'Carroll, Alan L. Berman, Ronald Maris, Eve Moscicki, Bryan Tanney, Morton Silverman 23

8. Familial Risk Factors for Adolescent Suicide: A Case-Control Study / David A. Brent, Grace Moritz, Laura Liotus, Joy Schweers, Lisa Balach, Claudia Roth, Joshua A. Perper 41

9. Suicidal Behavior Runs in Families: A Controlled Family Study of Adolescent Suicide Victims / David A. Brent, Jeff Bridge, Barbara A. Johnson, John Connolly 51

10. Suicides in Australia / Pierre Baume, Philippa McTaggart 67

11. Suicide in the 18 Years after Deliberate Self-Harm: A Prospective Study / Gregory M. de Moore, Andrew R. Robertson 79

12. Youth Suicide: The Victorian Coroner's Study / J. W. G Tiller, J. Krupinski, G. D. Burrows, A. Mackenzie, H. Hallenstein, G. Johnstone 87

13. Predicting Suicide Risk among Young Suicide Attempters / J. Krupinski, J. W. G. Tiller, G. D. Burrows, A. Mackenzie 93

14. An Overview of Indigenous Suicide / Ernest Hunter 99

15. Suicide in Early Psychosis: Could Early Intervention Work? / Patrick McGorry, Lisa Henry, Paddy Power 103

16. Suicide among the Canadian Inuit / Antoon A. Leenaars, Jack Anawak, Lucien Taparti 111

17. Suicide in Japan: What Are the Problems? / Yoshitomo Takahashi 121

18. Suicides in Police Custody in the Netherlands: The Identification of Potential Suicide Victims / Eric Blaauw, Ad Kerkhof 131

19. Suicide in Sri Lanka / Lakshmi Ratnayeke 139

20. The Methodology, System, and Scope of the Suicide Statistics in Turkey / M. Tomris Okman 143

Attempted Suicide

21. Depression and Attempted Suicide: A Hospital Based Study of 437 Patients / Anthony T. Davis 157

22. Life Events over the Life Cycle and Depression in Late Life / V. Kraaij, I. Kremers, E. Arensman, A. J. F. M. Kerkhof 163

23. Risk Factors for Serious Suicide Attempts among Young People: A Case Control Study / Annette L. Beautrais 167

24. Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorder for Deliberate Self Poisoning Patients with Multiple Inpatient Service Utilisation / G. L. Carter, I. M. Whyte, N. T. Carter, K. Ball 183

25. Self-Inflicted Injury and Coping Behaviours in Prison / Greg E. Dear, Donald M. Thomson, Guy J. Hall, Kevin Howells 189

26. Attempted Suicides in Ankara in 1995 / I. Sayil, O. E. Berksun, R. Palabirikoglu, A. Oral, S. Haran, S. Guney, S. Binici, S. Gecim, T. Yucat, A. Beder, H. Ozayar, D. Buyukcelik, H. D. Ozguven 201

27. Suicidal Tendency among Heroin Dependent Patients in Malaysia / Habil Hussain 205

28. The Psychophysiology of Self-Mutilative Behaviour: A Comparison of Current and Recovered Self-Mutilators / Kerryn L. Brain, Janet Haines, Christopher L. Williams 211

29. Have Biological Studies of Survivors of Suicide Attempts Influenced Our Management? / Lil Traskman-Bendz, Margot Alsen, Gunnar Engstrom, Asa Westrin, Mats Lindstrom 223

Prevention

30. Suicide Intervention in Rural Western Australia: A Preliminary Report / Samar Aoun, Tricia Lavan 231

31. Suicide Prevention on the Internet / Graham Stoney 237

32. Skilling Key Workers: The Implementation of a Youth Suicide Prevention Project in Belgium / K. Andriessen, P. Cosyns, G. Verthriest, T. Veys 245

33. Parasuicide and Suicide Prevention Programme: An Experience in Kuala Lumpur / Habil Hussain 255

34. Focus Groups with Youth to Enhance Knowledge of Ways to Address Youth Suicide / Carolyn Coggan, Pam Patterson 259

35. Reaching the Suicidal in Rural Communities / Lakshmi Ratnayeke 269

36. From Theory to Practice: Do We Really Listen 1

The Clinical-Prevention Position / Alan L. Berman 273

37. From Theory to Practice: Do We Really Listen 2

The Voluntary Sector Perspective / Vanda Scott 281

38. The Caregiver's Reactions after Suicide of a Patient / Onja T. Grad, Anka Zavasnik 287

39. Suicide Survivor Programs in IASP Member Countries: A Survey / Norman L. Farberow 293

Contents of Abstracts 299

Oral Papers 309

Plenary Sessions 353

The Adelaide Declaration on Suicide Prevention 401.

Notes:

"Proceedings of the XIXth Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, held March 23-27, 1997, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0306458152

OCLC:

38281734