Suicide from a global perspective [[electronic resource] ] : vulnerable populations and controversies / / Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Kimbrell, David Lester, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.28
• Soggetto topico: Suicide; Suicide - Psychological aspects; Suicide - Sociological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ShrivastavaAmresh KimbrellMegan LesterDavid <1942->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Suicide From a Global Perspective: Vulnerable Populations and Controversies ""; ""Suicide From a Global Perspective: Vulnerable Populations and Controversies ""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Editors""; ""Corresponding Authors""; ""Chapter 1: Suicide in Prepubertal Children""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Personal/Individual Characteristics""; ""Psychiatric Co-Morbidity""; ""Prior Suicide Attempts""; ""Gender""; ""Cognitive Development and Maturity""; ""Genetics"" ; ""Family Characteristics/Psychopathology""""Negative Life Stressors/Environmental Influences""; ""Problems of Reporting Prepubertal Suicides""; ""Methods of Suicide in Prepubertal Children""; ""Cross-Cultural Considerations""; ""Identification, Prevention and Intervention""; ""Identifying At-Risk Prepubertal Children""; ""Prevention""; ""Intervention and Treatment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Youth and Student Suicide""; ""Introduction""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Personal/Individual Characteristics""; ""Psychiatric Co-Morbidity""; ""Personality Correlates""; ""Genetics""; ""Gender"" ; ""Sexual Orientation""""Prior Suicide Attempts""; ""Family Characteristics/Psychopathology""; ""Negative Life Stressors/Environmental Influences""; ""Developmental Issues""; ""Prevention and Intervention""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Suicide in Old Age""; ""Introduction""; ""Time Trends""; ""Epidemiology and Cross-National Variation""; ""Age, Period and Cohort Effects""; ""Cohort Effects""; ""Age Effects""; ""Period Effects""; ""Demographic, Social and Socio-Economic Factors""; ""Sex""; ""Social Factors""; ""Cultural Factors""; ""Socio-Economic Factors""; ""Psychiatric Morbidity"" ; ""Depressive Illness""""Alcohol and Substance Misuse and Dependence""; ""Schizophrenia""; ""Neurotic Disorders and Personality Disorder""; ""Dementia""; ""Absence of Mental Illness""; ""Physical Illness""; ""Influence of Hospitalization""; ""Service Contact""; ""Treatment""; ""Methods""; ""Location of Suicide""; ""Suicide Notes""; ""Inpatient Suicide""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Suicide and Gender""; ""Introduction""; ""Issues of Prevalence""; ""Gender Role Socialization and Stressors""; ""Male Gender and Suicidality""; ""Female Gender and Suicidality""; ""Conclusion"" ; ""References""""Chapter 5: Suicide and Sexual Orientation""; ""Introduction""; ""Scope and Identification of Problem""; ""Conceptual Framework""; ""Youth Suicide in Lesbian, Gay""; ""and Bisexual Communities""; ""Recommendations: Intervention and Prevention""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Intellectual Disability and Suicidal Behavior""; ""Introduction""; ""Children and Adolescents""; ""Rhode Island Study""; ""Pittsburgh Medical Center Study""; ""Adults with Intellectual Disability""; ""Down Syndrome""; ""Completed Suicide in this Population""; ""Risk Factors for Suicidality"" ; ""Intervention""
• Titolo autorizzato: Suicide from a global perspective
• ISBN: 1-61942-793-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452900003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social Issues, Justice and Status