Assessment and Prediction of Suicide - Hardcover

Berman, Alan L.; Maltsberger, John T.; Yufit, Robert I.

 
9780898627916: Assessment and Prediction of Suicide
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0898627915 ISBN 13: 9780898627916
Verlag: Guilford Publications, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

Suicide, currently the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, represents an enormous challenge to health care professionals. Bridging the gap between clinical work and scientific research, this book provides help for those who are at risk for suicide by equipping professionals with tools and knowledge to identify and understand them.

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
* Comorbidity
 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ronald W. Maris, Ph.D., directs the Center for the Study of Suicide and is Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches suicide death investigation and prevention to psychiatric residents, physicians, nurses, and medical students. He is also editor of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, the official journal of the American Association of Suicidology. The author of numerous journal articles on suicide, Dr. Maris has served as either author or editor of 11 books on the topic. He is past president and treasurer of the American Association of Suicidology and is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
 

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Verlag
Guilford Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0898627915
ISBN 13 
9780898627916
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
697
Herausgeber
Maris Ronald W., Berman Alan L., Maltsberger John T., Yufit Robert I.
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