The Harvard Medical School guide to suicide assessment and intervention.

Foreword, Joseph T. Coyle, M.D Preface, Douglas G. Jacobs, M.D ASSESSMENT Suicide Assessment: An Overview and Recommended Protocol - D. Jacobs, et al Epidemiology of Suicide - E. Moscicki A Community Psychiatry Approach to Preventing Suicide - R. Dorwart & M. Ostacher The Psychodynamic Understanding of Suicide - J. Maltsberger Perturbation and Lethality: A Psychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention - E. Shneidman The Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior - J. Mann & V. Arango Profiles of Completed Suicides - J. Fawcett Self-Mutilation - A. Favazza Standard Protocol for Assessing and Treating Suicidal Behaviors for Patients in Treatment - M. Linehan Murder Suicide: Phenomenology and Clinical Implications - M. Nock & P. Marzuk Excerpts from Academic Conference and Recognition of Suicidal Risks Through the Psychologic Examination - L. Havens Critical Points in the Assessment and Management of Suicide Risk - J. Motto Can Suicide Ever Be Eradicated?: A Personal Journey - P. Cantor INTERVENTION Suicide and Manic-Depressive Illness: An Overview and Personal Account - K. Jamison Lifetime Risk of Suicide in Major Affective Disorders - D. Clark & A. Goebel-Gabbri Suicide and Schizophrenia - M. Tsuang, et al Substance Abuse and Suicide - R. Weiss & M. Hufford Borderline Personality Disorder - T. Davis, et al Trauma and Suicide - J. Chu Antisuicidal Effect of Lithium Treatment in Major Mood Disorders - R. Baldessarini & L. Tondo Treatment of the Suicidal Patient with Psychotropic Drugs and ECT - C. Salzman The Inpatient Management of Suicidality - G. Jacobson ECT and Suicide - E. Metzger SPECIAL ISSUES Suicide in Children and Adolescents - S. Goldman & W. Beardslee Suicide in the Elderly - D. Steffens & D. Blazer Suicide-Prevention Contracts: Advantages, Disadvantages, and and Alternative Approach - M. Miller Guidlines for Conducting a Suicide Review - S. Stelovich Medical Settings and Suicide - M. Kelly, et al Suicide Assessment in the Primary Care Setting - M. Miller & R. Paulsen Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia - H. Hendin Liability Issues and Liability Prevention in Suicide - T. Gutheil Appendix A: Guidelines for Identification, Assessment, and Treatment for Suicidality Appendix B: Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions References About the Authors Name Index Subject Index.