Overview
Covers a range of key current issues relating to suicide
Discusses evidence on the role of social factors in the genesis of suicidal behavior
Presents innovative strategies for the prevention of suicide and the treatment of suicidal behavior
Explores the need for a personalized approach to suicide prevention
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Diagnostic and Clinical issues
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Biomarkers of Suicide (Advances in Biology of Suicide)
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Neo-Durkheimian View: From Society to Groups at Risk
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About this book
In this book international experts address a range of key current issues relating to suicide. The opening chapters discuss nosology, definitions, clinical determinants, and conceptual models of the suicide process and consider the evidence regarding potential biomarkers of suicide risk based on neuroscientific research. Adopting a neo-Durkheimian perspective, the role of various social factors in the genesis of suicidal behavior is then explored in depth. Practical user-friendly tools that facilitate risk assessment by clinicians are provided, and detailed consideration is given to efficient and innovative strategies for the prevention of suicide and the treatment of suicidal behavior, such as psychotherapy, psychopharmacological approaches, and effective organization of care, including surveillance and the use of online tools. The final part of the book focuses on the need for and development of a personalized approach within the field of suicide prevention.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Philippe Courtet is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Montpellier and Head of the Department of Emergency and Post-Acute Care Psychiatry at the Academic Hospital, Montpellier, France. He leads a research group “Vulnerability of suicidal behavior” in the INSERM Unit 1061. Professor Courtet obtained his PhD in Neurosciences in the genetics of suicidal behavior. His areas of interest and expertise involve vulnerability to suicidal behavior, with a particular focus on brain imaging and the role of social pain in suicidal behaviors. He also performs studies on suicidal behavior in bipolar and eating disorders and on the use of antidepressants. Professor Courtet is chairman of the “Suicide” task force of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. He is current President of the French Association of Biological Psychiatry and Neuropsychopharmacology,
A member of the European Psychiatric Association, and co-chairman of the “Suicide” network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He has published over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous book chapters and has edited two books on suicidal behavior in France.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Suicide
Book Subtitle: From Diagnosis to Personalized Treatment
Editors: Philippe Courtet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26282-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-26280-2Published: 01 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79922-3Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26282-6Published: 05 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 457
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology