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by: Committee on Pathophysiology & Prevention of Adolescent & Adult Suicide, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.2870973 EAN: 9780309083218 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0309083214 Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 516 Publication Date: September 30, 2002 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: (Institute of Medicine) Report of the Committee on Pathophysiology and Prevention of Adolescent and Adult Suicide Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health. Explores the factors raising a person's risk of suicide and reviews the effectiveness of existing interventions. Presents lessons learned from a variety of suicide prevention initiatives. For policy makers, researchers, and clinicians. Book Description: Every year, about 30,000 people die by suicide in the U.S., and some 650,000 receive emergency treatment after a suicide attempt. Often, those most at risk are the least able to access professional help. Reducing Suicide provides a blueprint for addressing this tragic and costly problem: how we can build an appropriate infrastructure, conduct needed research, and improve our ability to recognize suicide risk and effectively intervene. Rich in data, the book also strikes an intensely personal chord, featuring compelling quotes about people’s experience with suicide. The book explores the factors that raise a person’s risk of suicide: psychological and biological factors including substance abuse, the link between childhood trauma and later suicide, and the impact of family life, economic status, religion, and other social and cultural conditions. The authors review the effectiveness of existing interventions, including mental health practitioners’ ability to assess suicide risk among patients. They present lessons learned from the Air Force suicide prevention program and other prevention initiatives. And they identify barriers to effective research and treatment. This new volume will be of special interest to policy makers, administrators, researchers, practitioners, and journalists working in the field of mental health. 
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