This volume is a guide for the hospital workforce related to suicide prevention. Β Written by experts in the field, this text is the only one that also includes the revised DSM-5 guidelines. Β It is also the first to cover both prevention in one concise guide, offering a well-rounded approach to long- and short-term prevention.Β
The book begins by establishing the neurobiology of suicide before discussing the populations at risk for suicide and the various environments where they may present. Β The book addresses the epidemiology, including groups at heightened risk; etiology, including several types of risk factors; prevention, including large-scale community-based activities; and postvention, including the few evidence-based approaches that are currently available. Unlike any other text on the market, this book does not simply focus on one particular demographic; rather, the book covers a wide range of populations and concerns, including suicide in youths, racial minorities, patients suffering from serious mental and physical illnesses, psychopharmacological treatment in special populations, and a wide array of challenging scenarios that are often not addressed in the very few up-to-date resources available.
Suicide Prevention is an outstanding resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, hospitalists, primary care doctors, nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals who may interface with suicidal patients.