Suicide from a public health perspective / editors, Said Shahtahmasebi and Joav Merrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shahtahmasebi, Said, author.

Contributor:

Shahtahmasebi, Said.

Merrick, Joav, 1950-

Series:

Health and human development series.

Health and human development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide.

Suicide--Prevention.

Suicidal behavior.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is globally agreed that suicide is a preventable and unnecessary death. Suicide is often referred to as a public health concern, but for prevention purposes, it is classified under mental health. Despite a large volume of research, only in recent years has there been an official acknowledgement of the complexity of suicide, but the whole issue of suicide including research, intervention and prevention remains firmly under the control of the mental health act in most Western countries. There is no statistical evidence to support mental illness and depression as the main causes of suicide. Ho

Contents:

""SUICIDE FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE""; ""SUICIDE FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction to suicide""; ""Introduction""; ""Politics and policy""; ""Better the devil we know""; ""Suicide research""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Section one: Suicide and mental illness""; ""Chapter 2: Suicide and mental illness""; ""Introduction""; ""Data extraction""; ""Findings""; ""Social background""; ""Education and employment history""; ""First contact with psychiatric services""

""Morbidity background and diagnosis""""Self-harm history""; ""Prescribed drugs""; ""Alcohol abuse""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Suicide, mental illness and New Zealand""; ""Introduction""; ""Data mining""; ""Findings""; ""Mental services""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Section two: Suicide research""; ""Chapter 4: Youth suicide research and trends""; ""Introduction""; ""Suicide rate as time series""; ""Trends in Adolescent Suicide""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Research methodology to understand suicide""; ""Introduction""

""Mental illness""""Suicide and society""; ""References""; ""Section three: Social change and suicide""; ""Chapter 6: Internet and the media""; ""Introduction""; ""The internet, media and suicide""; ""Suicidal behavior""; ""Cases""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: War and suicide""; ""Introduction""; ""The literature""; ""War and suicide""; ""Treatment of suicide""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Military and suicide""; ""Introduction""; ""The military and suicide""; ""Top-down society""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 9: Suicide, alcohol and substance abuse""""Introduction""; ""Suicide""; ""Alcohol and suicide""; ""The culture of drinking alcohol""; ""Alcohol and suicide revisited""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 10: Suicide, social change, training and service development""; ""Introduction""; ""Understanding the issue""; ""Suicide data""; ""Suicide trends""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Section four: Survivors of suicide""; ""Chapter 11: Survivors""; ""Introduction""; ""Background""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Section five: Suicide research without understanding suicide or suicide data""""Chapter 12: Subway suicide""; ""Introduction""; ""References""; ""Chapter 13: Suicide prevention""; ""Introduction""; ""The Guardian""; ""Expectations""; ""References""; ""Chapter 14: Is there a link between suicide survivors and suicide prevention?""; ""Introduction""; ""New solutions""; ""Suicide research""; ""Suicide prevention""; ""Reference""; ""Chapter 15: Policy making""; ""Introduction""; ""Suicide trends""; ""A new approach""; ""References""; ""Section six: Suicide in indigenous populations""

""Chapter 16: Suicide prevention among indigenous populations""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62948-537-3

OCLC:

864139799