Foreword, Goldney
I. Foundations of Suicidology
1. Introduction to the Study of Suicide
2. The Theoretical Component in Suicidology
3. The Empirical Foundations of Suicidology
4. A Historical Perspective on Suicide, Anton J. L. van Hooff
II. Sociodemographic and Epidemiologic Issues
5. Age and the Lifespan (with Paul A. Nisbet)
6. Suicide, Gender, and Sexuality
7. Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Aspects of Suicide
8. Work and the Economy, Steven Stack
9. Marriage, Family, Family Therapy, and Suicide, Bruce Bongar,
Laura Goldberg, Karin Cleary, and Kaprice Brown
10. The Social Relations of Suicides
11. Suicide Notes and Communications
12. Suicide Attempts and Methods
III. Medical and Psychiatric Issues
13. Psychiatric Diagnoses and Suicidal Acts, Bryan L. Tanney
14. Physical Illness and Suicide (with Mark J. Goldblatt)
15. Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Suicide, David Lester
16. The Biology of Suicide
17. Aggression, Violence, and Suicide, Robert Plutchik
IV. Indirect Self-Destruction, Ethics, Philosophy, and the Law
18. Indirect Self-Destructive Behavior (with Norman L.
Farberow)
19. Ethical, Religious, and Philosophical Issues in Suicide
20. Suicide and the Law
V. Treatment and Prevention
21. Treatment and Prevention of Suicide
22. In the Wake of Suicide: Survivorship and Postvention, David A.
Jobes, Jason B. Luoma, Lisa Anne T. Hustead, and Rachel E. Mann
Ronald W. Maris, PhD, is Director of the Center for the Study of
Suicide and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South
Carolina. He is Editor Emeritus of the journal Suicide and
Life-Threatening Behavior and has authored or edited 18 books on
suicide.
Alan L. Berman, PhD, is Executive Director of the American
Association of Suicidology and maintains a private practice in
psychotherapy and psychological and forensic consultation at the
Washington Psychological Center, P.C., in Washington, DC. He is the
author or editor of seven books and more than 80 book chapters and
articles, and serves as consulting editor for three professional
journals.
Morton M. Silverman, MD, a psychiatrist trained at the University
of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Pritzker
School of Medicine and the current Director of its Student
Counseling and Resource Service. Editor-in-Chief of the journal
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, he has published a number of
books and articles on suicide prevention and treatment.
"This is truly an encyclopedic textbook in its scope,
comprehensiveness, and feeling of intellectual excitement. It is my
essential book." --Edwin S. Shneidman, PhD, Professor of
Thanatology Emeritus, UCLA, Founder, American Association of
Suicidology
"Maris, Berman, and Silverman are to be congratulated on this
important new initiative. Although there have been many books
published in the field of suicidology, a comprehensive textbook has
been lacking. All readers who want to have a wealth of knowledge
about suicide and suicidal behaviors will greatly value having this
book on their shelves. Its richness, breadth, and internal
consistency make it an excellent resource for clinicians and
academicians." --J. John Mann, MD, Professor of Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; Chief,
Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric
Institute
"A longstanding gap on your bookshelf can now be filled. This
volume has been blue-pencilled by Maris, Berman, and Silverman into
a disciplined series of integrated chapters, encyclopedic in scope
and practical in approach. Every chapter ends with a clear,
distilled summary and is enriched with suggestions for the best
further reading. Mental health workers will be glad to have this
book, as will instructors at the undergraduate and graduate levels
and psychiatry training directors. If you want just one book on
suicide, buy this one." --John T. Maltsberger, MD
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