Suicide Prevention

Preface; D. De Leo, A. Schmidtke, R.F.W. Diekstra. 1. Reflections on the State of Suicidology; R.F.W. Diekstra. 2. Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts: The Role of Comorbidity with Depression, Anxiety Disorders, and Substance Use Disorder; T. Bronisch, H.U. Wittchen. 3. Depression, Hopelessness and Suicide Intent in Attempted Suicide: A Hospital Based Study of 201 Patients; A.T. Davison. 4. Suicide Attempters Who Attribute Their Problems to Interpersonal Difficulties; K. Michel, L. Valach. 5. Suicide Among Psychiatric Hospital Inpatients; A. Roy, R. Draper. 6. Twin Research Perspective on Suicide and Suicidal Attempts; N.L. Segal, A. Roy. 7. The Who/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuide - State of the Art and Future Directions; J.G. Sampaio-Faria. 8. Suicide and Suicide Attempt Rates in Europe, 1989-1993: Rates, Changes and Epidemiological Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide; A. Schmidtke, et al. 9. Relevance of Diagnostic Setting in Predicting the Outcome of Suicide Attempters; P. Socco, D. De Leo. 10. Gender Differences in Adolescent Suicide; M.J. Marttunen, et al. 11. The Suicidal Process in Young Suicides; B.S. Runeson. 12. Childhood Conceptions of Death and Suicide: Empirical Investigations and Implications for Suicide Prevention; B.L. Mishara. 13. What Do We Know About Media Effects on Imitation of Suicidal Behaviour: State of the Art; A. Schmidtke, S. Schallers. 14. The Aftermath of Kurt Cobain's Suicide; A.L. Berman, et al. 15. Shame and Guilt in Suicide and Survivors; N.L. Farberow. 16. Shame -- the Unbearable Legacy of Suicide; O. Grad, Z. Zavasnik. 17. The Erwin Ringel Memorial Lecture: On Suicide and Mental Illness: How Right Was Ringel? J. Lonnqvist. 18. The Ringel Memorial Session: Erwin Ringel and Psychotherapy. A Critical Evaluation of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Depression and in Suicide Prevention; D. Wasserman. 19. Applications of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Suicide Prevention; H. Fiske. 20. Pharmacological Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour; F. Schifani, D. De Leo. 21. Risk Factors for Non-Compliance, with Out-Patient After-Care: Implications for the Management of Attempted Suicide Patients; C. van Heeringen, et al. 22. Implementation of the Suicide Prevention Strategy in Finland; First Follow-Up; M. Upanne. 23. The Swedish National Programme for Suicide Prevention; J. Beskow, D. Wasserman. 24. England's Policy on Severe Mental Illness; R. Jenkins. Name Index.