Suicide from a global perspective
Subtitle: vulnerable populations and controversies
By: editors, Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Kimbrell, David Lester
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781619427754
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Suicide; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Suicide in vulnerable populations; title: Suicide in pre-pubertal children / Kimberly K. McClanahan and Hatim A. Omar; title: Youth and student suicide / Kimberly K. McClanahan and Hatim A. Omar; title: Suicide in old age / Ajit Shah and Mellisha Padayarchi; title: Suicide and gender / Andrea Stewart and David Smith; title: Suicide and sexual orientation / David Smith and Andrea Stewart; title: Intellectually disability and suicidal behavior / Joav Merrick, Efrat Merrick, Yona Lunsky and Isack Kandel; title: Suicidal behavior in the chronic medically ill / Lourens Schlebusch; title: Suicide risk in ethnic minorities / Richard Thompson; title: Suicide in the workforce / Mutsuhiro Nakao; title: Suicide and the criminal justice system / Jenny Shaw and Naomi Humber; title: Suicide in homeless population / Kevin A. Yoder; title: Issues and controversies; title: Do antidepressants increase the risk of suicide? / Jochen Kindler, Richard Frey and Siegfried Kasper; title: Culture and suicide / Robert Kohn and Harry Friedman; title: Is it possible to prevent suicide contagion via the internet through legal regulations? / Henning Herrestad, Andreas Galtung and Ola-Kristen Hoff; title: Religion, philosophy and suicide / Michele Raja; title: Ethical issues in suicide / Nimesh Desai, Somnath Sengupta and Deepak Kuma; title: Complexities in assisted suicide and euthanasia / Jessica Richmond, Elena Yakunina and James L Werth, Jr; title: Research priorities in suicidology / David Lester; title: Index.