The Harvard Medical School guide to suicide assessment and intervention / Douglas G. Jacobs, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 593-667) and indexes.

Contents

Part I: Assessment
1. Suicide Assessment: An Overview and Recommended Protocol(Douglas Jacobs, M.D.; Margaret Brewer, R.N., M.B.A.; Marci Klein-Benheim, Ph.D.)
2. Epidemiology of Suicide(Eve K. Moscicki, Sc.D., M.P.H.)
3. A Community Psychiatry Approach to Preventing Suicide(Robert A. Dorwart, M.D., M.P.H.; Michael J. Ostacher, M.D., M.P.H.)
4. The Psychodynamic Understanding of Suicide(John T. Maltsberger, M.D.)
5. Perturbation and Lethality: A Psychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention(Edwin Shneidman, Ph.D.)
6. The Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior(J. John Mann, M.D.; Victoria Arango, Ph.D.)
7. Profiles of Completed Suicides(Jan Fawcett, M.D.)
8. Self-Mutilation(Armando R. Favazza, M.D., M.P.H.)
9. Standard Protocol for Assessing and Treating Suicidal Behaviors for Patients in Treatment(Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D.)
10. Murder Suicide: Phenomenology and Clinical Implications(Matthew K. Nock; Peter M. Marzuk, M.D.)
11. Excerpts from Academic Conference and Recognition of Suicidal Risks Through the Psychologic Examination (Leston L. Havens, M.D.)
12. Critical Points in the Assessment and Management of Suicide Risk(Jerome A. Motto, M.D.)
13. Can Suicide Ever Be Eradicated?: A Personal Journey(Pamela Cantor, Ph.D.)

Part II: Intervention
14. Suicide and Manic-Depressive Illness: An Overview and Personal Account(Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.)
15. Lifetime Risk of Suicide in Major Affective Disorders(David C. Clark, Ph.D.; Ann E. Goebel-Gabbri, Ph.D)
16. Suicide and Schizophrenia(Ming T. Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D, D.Sc.; Jerome A. Fleming, M.S.; John Simpson, Ph.D.)
17. Substance Abuse and Suicide(Roger D. Weiss, M.D.; Michael R. Hufford, Ph.D.)
18. Borderline Personality Disorder(Timothy Davis, M.D.; John G. Gunderson, M.D.; Melissa Myers, M.D.)
19. Trauma and Suicide(James A. Chu, M.D.)
20. Antisuicidal Effect of Lithium Treatment in Major Mood Disorders(Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D., D.Sc. (hon.); Leonardo Tondo, M.D.)
21. Treatment of the Suicidal Patient with Psychotropic Drugs and ECT(Carl Salzman, M.D.)
22. The Inpatient Management of Suicidality(Gary Jacobson, M.D.)
23. ECT and Suicide(Eran D. Metzger, M.D.)

Part III: Special Issues
24. Suicide in Children and Adolescents(Stuart Goldman, M.D.; William R. Beardslee, M.D.)
25. Suicide in the Elderly(David C. Steffens, M.D.; Dan G. Blazer, M.D., Ph.D.)
26. Suicide-Prevention Contracts: Advantages, Disadvantages, and and Alternative Approach(Michael Craig Miller, M.D.)
27. Guidlines for Conducting a Suicide Review(Steve Stelovich, M.D.)
28. Medical Settings and Suicide(Martin J. Kelly, M.D.; Michael J. Mufson, M.D.; Malcom P. Rogers, M.D.)
29. Suicide Assessment in the Primary Care Setting(Michael Craig Miller, M.D.; Randall Howard Paulsen, M.D.)
30. Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia(Herbert Hendin, M.D.)
31. Liability Issues and Liability Prevention in Suicide(Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D.)
Appendix: Guidelines for Identification, Assessment, and Treatment for SuicidalityRisk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical InstitutionsReferencesAbout the AuthorsName IndexSubject Index