Current Issues of Suicidology

Herausgegeben von Möller, Hans-Jürgen; Schmidtke, Armin; Welz, Rainer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume resulted from the First European Symposium on Em pirical Research into Suicidal Behavior. The symposium was initi ated by the Study Group on Suicidal Behavior (Arbeitsgemein schaft zur Erforschung suizidalen V erhaltens) in collaboration with the German Society for the Prevention of Suicide (Deutsche Ge sellschaft fUr Selbstmordverhutung). The local organization of this symposium, which took place in Munich, was performed by the staff of the Psychiatric Department of the University of Technol ogy, Munich (Head: Prof. H. Lauter). This volume contains contributions held at the symposium as well as papers especially prepared for this book. It thus fulfills the aim of providing an overview of the current state of research in the field of empirical suicidology with respect to epidemiology, bio logical and psychological risk factors, follow-up, and treatment evaluation. We are grateful to all who contributed to this book by submitting papers or making critical comments. We would especially like to thank Mrs. D. Keck for her valuable cooperation. We have to thank the following pharmaceutical companies for financial support: Organon (Munchen), Ciba Geigy (Frankfurt), Tropon (Kaln), Galenus (Mannheim), Wander (Nurnberg).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-73360-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 861g
• ISBN-13: 9783642733604
• ISBN-10: 3642733603
• Artikelnr.: 36119390

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Epidemiology and Sociodemographic and Psychiatric Background Variables of Suicidal Behavior.- Course and Prediction of Suicidal Behavior.- Biological Factors of Suicidal Behavior.- Psychosocial Factors of Suicidal Behavior.- Treatment Evaluation.- Subject Index.