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Book SynopsisEstimating the risk for suicidal behavior among patients is often a very complex challenge for psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, surgeons, specialists in internal medicine, neurologists, nurses, and social workers. Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior is designed to help you understand the methodological problems involved in the assessment of risk for suicidal behavior in patients with various somatic and psychiatric disorders so you can establish effective approaches to the psychosocial treatment of endangered patients. Through the book's comprehensive and insightful discussions, you will even learn specific strategies for improving the quality of life of such patients.Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior discusses psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and alcohol and drug abuse as risk factors for suicidal behavior. From its helpful and clearly written pages, you will also learn about the role o
Table of ContentsContents
Foreword (Knud Jensen)
- Chapter 1. General Aspects of Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter 2. Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Somatic Disorders
- Course and Prognosis
- Prediagnostic Period
- The Diagnostic Period
- Crisis Reaction
- Postdiagnostic Period
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Suicidal Behavior and Mental Disorders
- Forensic Studies
- Risk Factors of Suicide in Patients Who Have Made A Suicide Attempt
- Follow-Up Studies of Psychiatric Populations
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Methodological Problems
- Methodological Problems in Evaluating Suicidal Risk
- Chapter 5. Suicide in Patients with Neurological Disorders
- General Risk of Suicide in Neurological Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Huntington’s Chorea
- Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries
- Brain Tumors
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Cerebral Stroke
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Motor Neuron Disease)
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Cancer and Suicide
- Studies Based on Patient Registers
- Studies Based on Forensic Material
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Suicide in Patients with Other Somatic Disorders
- Heart and Lung Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Liver Transplant
- Kidney Disorders
- Endocrinological Disorders
- Rheumatological and Related Disorders
- Tinnitus
- AIDS
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Suicide Attempts and Somatic Disorders
- The Frequency of Somatic Disorders Among Suicide Attempters and in Follow-Up Studies
- Comparison of Suicide Attempters and Control Groups
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Pain and Suicidal Behavior
- Why Is It Obvious to Assume That Pain Conditions Are Associated with an Increased Suicide Risk?
- The Association of Pain Conditions and Mental Disorders
- Methodological Problems
- Studies on Suicidal Behavior and Pain
- Chapter 10. General Aspects of Suicidal Behavior, Pain, and Somatic Disorders
- Suicidal Risk and Somatic Disorders
- Suicidal Risk as a Measure of Life Quality and Coping Ability
- Prevention of Suicidal Behavior in Patients with Somatic Disorders
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
