Suicide from a public health perspective /

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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shahtahmasebi, Said, Merrick, Joav, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Colección:Health and Human Development (Joav Merrick - Series Editor - National Institute of Child Health and.
Temas:
Suicide.
Suicide > Prevention.
Suicidal behavior.
Mental health.
Suicide > Prévention.
Comportement suicidaire.
Santé mentale.
suicides.
mental health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 diagnosisSelf-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 illnessSuicide 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 abuseIntroduction
  • 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 dataChapter 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

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