Suicide and mental health / Rudy Nydegger Ph.D.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Health and medical issues todayPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LCC, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: xvii, 153 pages : illustrations : 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610695831 (hardback)
  • 1610695836 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC 569 .N93 2014
Contents:
Suicide : what it is and what it is not -- Who commits suicide? Historical and statistical perspectives -- Suicidiality and motivation : ideation, planning, intention, and commission -- Risk factors for suicide -- Prevention and treatment for suicidiality -- Mental health, mental illness, and suicide -- Patient rights and the right to die -- Roles of family, friends, professionals, society, and the law -- Summary and conclusions -- Primary documents.
Summary: "Delving into a topic of perennial interest and concern, particularly among teenagers, this important volume addresses the full range of issues relative to suicide and suggests ways to help those who struggle"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes biblioraphical references (pages 149-150) and index.

"Delving into a topic of perennial interest and concern, particularly among teenagers, this important volume addresses the full range of issues relative to suicide and suggests ways to help those who struggle"-- Provided by publisher.

Suicide : what it is and what it is not -- Who commits suicide? Historical and statistical perspectives -- Suicidiality and motivation : ideation, planning, intention, and commission -- Risk factors for suicide -- Prevention and treatment for suicidiality -- Mental health, mental illness, and suicide -- Patient rights and the right to die -- Roles of family, friends, professionals, society, and the law -- Summary and conclusions -- Primary documents.

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