Select this resource

Assessment and Prediction of Suicide

Resource Type

Book - Parent

Description

"Assessment and Prediction of Suicide is a comprehensive reference volume that includes contributions from today's top suicide experts. It presents an up-to-date, authoritative statement of the current knowledge in the field. Wide-ranging in scope, with 32 chapters expressing a variety of ideas and approaches, it covers concepts and theories, methods and quantification (including suicide prediction scales and psychological testing), in-depth case histories, specific single predictors applied to the case histories, and comorbidity. In addition, the book includes special topics such as jail suicides, school suicide prevention programs, economic and social factors, biology of suicide, hospital and clinic suicides, aggression, methods of suicide, suicide notes and ideation, the media, religion, life stress, and statistics of prediction." -From the Publisher

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0898627915

Authors

Alan L. Berman , Ronald W. Maris , John T. Maltsberger , Robert I. Yufit

Publication

1992 Guilford Press

Availability

Back to Previous screen.