Suicide in Psychiatric Disorders de Roberto Tatarelli

Suicide in Psychiatric Disorders

Roberto Tatarelli

Maurizio Pompili

Paolo Girardi

The main purpose of this book is to provide the first comprehensive analysis of suicide in psychiatric patients. 95% of those who commit suicide had a psychiatric disorder and yet suicide is rarely investigated in psychiatric patients. The book provides a relevant contribution to the prediction and prevention of suicide. This is a first book devoted to the subject with comprehensive chapters, including epidemiology, risk factors, preventive strategies and available treatments.

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Preface; Introduction; Suicide in Psychiatric Disorders During Adolescence; Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Antidepressants on Suicide Mortality in Individuals with Major Depression; Suicide Risk and Somatization Disorder; Acute Risk Factors for Suicide: Anxiety Severity as a Treatment Modifiable Risk Factor; Early Positive and Negative Symptoms and Poor Functioning and Later Suicidal Activity among Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective and Depressive Patients; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Suicide; Management of Suicide Risk in the Psychiatric Emergency Department; Suicide Risk in Dissociative Disorders; Suicide Risk among Epileptic Patients; Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity and Weight-Image Concern; Narcissistic Aspects of Suicide; Psychopharmacology for Suicide Prevention; Perspectives in Suicide Research and Prevention: A Commentary; Suicidal Behavior in Unipolar Depression: Focus on Mixed States; Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients: Problems and Possibilities; Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior; Stress, Distress, Emotional Regulation and Suicide Attempts in Female Adolescents; Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia; Suicidal Behaviors in Borderline Personality Disorder; Index.