Suicide
Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Will be published approx. on 22. March 2012
Book
Hardback
401 pages
978-0-521-76500-8 (ISBN)
Description
Suicide is a serious public health problem worldwide, accounting for more loss of life annually than all forms of war and interpersonal violence combined. Despite this fact, suicide remains a poorly understood problem, and progress in understanding suicidal behavior around the globe has been slow. This book represents a major advance in our understanding by reporting the results of the largest, most representative study of suicidal behaviors conducted to date - the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative, interviewing more than 100,000 people from 21 countries on 6 continents. Previously unavailable data on the prevalence, onset, persistence, risk, protective factors and treatment of suicidal behaviors are presented and discussed, along with the implications of these findings. This volume provides valuable information for clinicians, scientists, policy-makers and anyone seeking to understand the occurrence of suicidal behavior worldwide.
Reviews / Votes
'The book represents an unprecedented opportunity to understand and prevent suicidal behavior based on a large and representative sample ... It is unique in its extensive, comprehensive, and detailed tables of data ...' Doody's NotesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
50 Tables, black and white; 3 Plates, color; 17 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1021 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-76500-8 (9780521765008)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Matthew K. Nock is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Guilherme Borges is a Senior Researcher and Professor of Epidemiology, National Institute of Psychiatry and Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico. Yukata Ono is a Professor in the Stress Management Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Content
Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Global perspectives on suicidal behavior Matthew K. Nock, Guilherme Borges and Yutaka Ono; 2. The epidemiology of suicide and suicidal behavior Matthew K. Nock, Guilherme Borges, Evelyn J. Bromet, Christine B. Cha, Ronald C. Kessler and Sing Lee; 3. Methods of the World Mental Health Surveys Ronald C. Kessler, Janet Harkness, Steven G. Heeringa, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Guilherme Borges, Yutaka Ono and Matthew K. Nock; Part II. Prevalence and Course of Suicidal Behavior: 4. Prevalence, onset, and transitions among suicidal behaviors Guilherme Borges, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Bharat N. Panchal, Yutaka Ono, Nancy A. Sampson, Ronald C. Kessler and Matthew K. Nock; 5. Persistence of suicidal behaviors over time Ronald C. Kessler, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Guilherme Borges, Wai Tat Chiu, John Fayyad, Mark Oakley Browne, Yutaka Ono, Nancy A. Sampson, Alan M. Zaslavsky and Matthew K. Nock; Part III. Lifetime Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior: 6. Sociodemographic risk factors for suicidal behavior: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Matthew K. Nock, Charlene A. Deming, Christine B. Cha, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Nancy A. Sampson, Hristo Hinkov, Jean-Pierre Lepine, Yutaka Ono and Annette Beautrais; 7. Parental psychopathology and the risk of suicidal behavior Oye Gureje, Bibilola Oladeji, Charlene A. Deming, Wai Tat Chiu, Jordi Alonso, Guilherme Borges, Yanling He, Irving Hwang, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Jose Posada-Villa, Nancy A. Sampson, Ronald C. Kessler and Matthew K. Nock; 8. Childhood adversities as risk factors for onset and persistence of suicidal behavior Ronny Bruffaerts, Koen Demyttenaere, Laura Helena Andrade, Guilherme Borges, Wai Tat Chiu, Ron de Graaf, Charlene A. Deming, Irving Hwang, Nancy A. Sampson, David R. Williams, Ronald C. Kessler and Matthew K. Nock; 9. Traumatic events and suicidal behavior Dan J. Stein, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Guilherme Borges, Yueqin Huang, Herbert Matschinger, Johan Ormel, Nancy A. Sampson, Maria Carmen Viana, Ronald C. Kessler and Matthew K. Nock; 10. Mental disorders and comorbidity: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Matthew K. Nock, Charlene A. Deming, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Matthias Angermeyer, Guilherme Borges, Annette Beautrais, Maria Carmen Viana, Elie George Karam, Norito Kawakami, Nancy A. Sampson, Thatikonda Padma Sudhakar and Ronald C. Kessler; 11. Chronic physical conditions and the onset of suicidal behavior Kate M. Scott, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Guilherme Borges, Silvia Florescu, Daphna Levinson, Josep Maria Haro, Nancy A. Sampson, Ronald C. Kessler and Matthew K. Nock; 12. Integrative models of suicidal behavior Matthew K. Nock, Jordi Alonso, Guilherme Borges, Somnath Chatterji, Charlene A. Deming, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Yutaka Ono and Nancy A. Sampson; Part IV. 12-Month Risk Factors and Treatment: 13. Prevalence and identification of groups at risk for 12-month suicidal behavior in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Guilherme Borges, Josep Maria Haro, Wai Tat Chiu, Irving Hwang, Giovanni de Girolamo, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Nancy A. Sampson, David R. Williams and Matthew K. Nock; 14. Treatment of suicidal persons around the world Ronny Bruffaerts, Koen Demyttenaere, Guilherme Borges, Wai Tat Chiu, Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Oye Gureje, Irving Hwang, Carmen Lara, Nancy A. Sampson, Maria Carmen Viana and Matthew K. Nock; Part V. Conclusions and Future Directions: 15. Research, clinical, and policy implications of the World Mental Health Surveys findings on suicidal behavior Evelyn J. Bromet; 16. Conclusions and future directions Matthew K. Nock, Guilherme Borges and Yutaka Ono; Index.