Suicide -: an unnecessary death

 Content: Suicide in the world: an epidemiological overview, 1959-2000 / Jose M Bertolote --
 A stress-vulnerability model and the development of the suicidal process / Danuata Wasserman --
 Neurobiology of suicide and attempted suicide / J John Mann and Victoria Arango --
 Affective disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 Alcoholism, other psychoactive substance misuse and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 The anxiety disorders, anxiety symptoms and suicide / Jan Fawcett --
 Eating disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 Adjustment disorder and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 Schizophrenia, other psychotic states and suicide / Alec roy --
 Personality disorders and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 Physical illness and suicide / Jouko Lonnqvist --
 Some social dimensions of suicide / Ilkka Henrik Makinen and Danuta Wasserman --
 Negative life events (losses, changes, traumas and narcissistic injury) and suicide / Danuta Wasserman --
 Suicidal people's experiences of engative life events / Danuta Wasserman --
 Attempted suicide as a risk factor for suicide: treatment and follow-up / Nils Terrestol and Lars Mehlum --
 Suicide risk assessment / Danuta Wasserman --
 The suicidal patient-doctor relationship / Danuta Wasserman --
 Psychometric scales in suicide risk assessment / Per Bech, Lis Raabaek Olsen and Anders Nimeus --
 Psychological treatment of suicidal patients / Paul M. Salkovskis Pharmacological treatment of underlying psychiatric disorders in suicidal patients / Hans-Jurgen Moller --
 Adolescent suicide and attempted suicide / Alan Apter --
 The elderly and suicide / Diago De Leo and Gaia Menegel --
 Strategy in suicide prevention / Danuta Wasserman --
 Examples of successful suicide prevention in psychiatry / Danuta Wasserman --
 An example of suicide-preventive strategy: general practitioners' training / Wolfgang Rutz --
 collaboration between psychiatrists and other physicians / Jean-Pierre Soubrier --
 The work environment for health-care staff / Danuta Wasserman --
 Family involvement in suicide prevention and postvention: a psychoeducational perspective / Karen Dunne-Maxim and Edward J. Dunne--
 Perestroika in the former USSR: history's most effective suicide-preventive programme for men / Danuta Wasserman and Aira Varnik --
 Controlling the environment to prevent suicide / Antoon Leenaars --
 Suicide clusters and media coverage of suicide / Armin Schmidtke, Sylvai Schaller and Danuta Wasserman --
 Examples of suicide prevention in schools / Danuta Wasserman and Veronique Narboni.