Suicidal Behaviour

Preface, Benedetto Saraceno; Introduction; Suicide prevention - Background, Problems, Strategies: Introductory Remarks - Wolfgang Rutz; The Who /Euro Multi-Centre Study on Suicidal Behaviour: Its Background, History, Aims and Design - Unni Bille-Brahe, Armin Schmidtke, Ad Kerkhof and Diego De Leo; Theoretical Aspects; Definitions of Suicidal Behaviour - Diego De Leo, Shelley Burgis, Jose M. Bertolote, Ad Kerkhof and Unni Bille-Brahe; Psychological Dimensions of Attempted Suicide: Theories and Data - Elene Chopin, Ad Kerkhof and Ella Arensman; The Psychobiology of Suicidal Behaviour - Cornelis Van Heeringen, Gwendolyn Portzky and Kurt Audenaert; Intentional Aspects of Non-Fatal Suicidal Behaviour - Heidi Hjelmeland and Keith Hawton; Research Findings; Socio-Demographic Variables of Suicide Attempters - Armin Schmidtke and Cordula Lohr; Negative Life Events and Non-Fatal Suicidal Behaviour - Ella Arensman and Ad Kerkhof; Repetition of Attempted Suicide: Frequent, but Hard to Predict - Ad Kerkhof and Ella Arensman; Marital Relations of Suicide Attempters - Cordula Lohr and Armin Schmidtke; Physical Illness and Suicidal Behaviour - Jacinta Hawgood, Kym Spathonis and Diego De Leo; Addiction and Suicidal Behaviour: Questions and Answers in the EPIS - Helen Keeley, Paul Corcoran and Unni Bille-Brahe; Sexual Abuse and Suicidal Behaviours - Ellinor Salander-Renberg, Sibylla Lindgren and Inger Osterberg; The Importance of Social Support - Unni Bille-Brahe and Borge Jensen; Imitation of Suicidal Behaviour - Armin Schmidtke, Cordula Lohr, Unni Bille-Brahe and Diego De Leo; Seasonality and other Temporal Fluctuations in Suicidal Behaviour: Myths, Realities and Results - Gert Jessen; Suicidal Behaviour in Special Interest Groups; Suicidal Behaviour Among Young People - Ella Arensman and Keith Hawton; Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Late Life - Diego De Leo and Kym Spathonis; Immigrants and Attempted Suicide in Europe - Halise Devrimci Ozguven, Isik Sayil, Bora Baskak and Unni