Suicidal behaviour in adolescents and adults : research, taxonomy and prevention
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Suicidal behaviour in adolescents and adults : research, taxonomy and prevention
(CEDR series)
Ashgate, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-267)
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Description
The chapters in this study reflect 15 years of research in the Canadian province of Alberta, a region which has the highest suicide rate in young males in Canada. The book attempts to answer questions such as: what meanings and values do contrasted groups attach to the concept of suicide?; is the greater prevalence of suicidal behaviour in the young reflected in the meanings they attach to suicidal actions?; are young people experiencing more stress than the older generation?; do some forms of child abuse, particularly sexual abuse, have a sequel in suicidal behaviours and related mental health problems in young adult women, and in adolescent males and females; are the struggles for homosexual identity associated with suicidal behaviours in young males; and the role of poor self-esteem. In addition it asks: can this causal chain of events be reversed by therapeutic intervention which uses group counselling to increase self-esteem and enhance social support?; are Aboriginal people in the Province of Alberta at special risk for suicide; are their sub-types of suicide which imply different kinds of preventive and treatment strategies?; has the increase in the male youth suicide rate been associated with an increase in diagnosable psychiatric disorders?
; how can knowledge about suicide in high rate area be translated into a comprehensive strategy of suicide prevention education; and do telephone crisis lines and crisis centres prevent suicidal behaviours?.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Deliberate self-injury and attempted suicide: suicidal behaviours - an ecological perspective
- social stress and urban suicidal behaviours
- attitudes to suicide and suicidal behaviours
- suicidal behaviours in contrasted generations
- suicidal behaviours and mental health in adult women - the role of childhood sexual abuse. Part 2 Completed suicide: the taxonomy of completed suicide in adults
- the taxonomy of completed suicide in adolescents, and the role of schools in suicide prevention. Part 3 Special population: suicide in Canadian aboriginal populations
- depression and suicidal behaviours as sequels of childhood sexual abuse
- enhancing self-esteem and reducing suicidality - long term evaluation of group counselling for vulnerable women
- sexual abuse and suicidal behaviours in adolescents
- suicidality problems of gay and bisexual males - evidence from a random community survey of 750 men aged 18 to 27. Part 4 Prevention of suicidal behaviours: community organization for suicide education and prevention
- preventing suicide and suicidal behaviours
- arguments and conclusions.
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