Suicide prevention /
"Suicide is a major cause of death worldwide, and its impact has only been fully appreciated in the past few decades. Historically it was viewed from a religious and moral perspective, but that gave way to broad sociological and biological theories, which sometimes seemed to be mutually exclusi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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Colección: | Oxford psychiatry library.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Historical review
- Definitions
- Epidemiology
- Contributing factors to suicide
- Mental disorders and the biological substrate of suicide
- Psychosocial influences on suicidal behaviour
- An evidence based management approach
- Initial assessment and management
- Non-pharmacological approaches
- Pharmacological approaches
- Broad suicide prevention initiatives
- Bereavement after suicide
- Frequently asked questions
- Conclusion
- Appendix: useful links.