Preface

I. UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE
    1.  The Epidemiology of Suicide / David Lester
    2.  Sociological Research into Suicide / Steven Stack
    3.  Psychological Research into Suicide: Past, Present, and Future / James Rogers
    4.  Suicide and Aggression: Are They Biologically Two Sides of the Same Coin / Herman van Praag

 II. APPROACHES TO PREVENTING SUICIDE
    5.  Public Health and Suicide Prevention / Lloyd B. Potter
    6.  Moving Suicide Risk Assessment into the Next Millennium: Lessons from Our Past / Ronald Bonner
    7.  Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention / Alec Roy
    8.  Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients / Thomas Ellis
    9.  Helplines and Crisis Intervention Services: Challenges for the Future / Brian Mishara, Marc Daigle
    10. The Role of Primary Physicians in Preventing Suicide: Possibilities, Short-Comings, and the Challenge in Reaching Male Suicides / Wolfgang Rutz
    11. Helping Suicide Survivors / Norman Farberow
    12. Suicide Prevention in Schools: Resources for the Millennium / Antoon A. Leenaars

III. THE ORGANIZATIONS
    13. The Origin of Suicide Prevention in the United States / David Wallace
    14. The American Association of Suiciology: Past, Present, and Future / Alan Berman, Virginia Lindahl
    15. Crisis Services:
        Befrienders International: Volunteer Action in Preventing Suicide / Vanda Scott
        The International Federation of Telephonic Emergency Services / Eliane Bezencon
        Lifelines International and Suicide / Clyde Dominish
    16. Right-To-Die Organizations
        The Hemlock Society / Faye Girsh
        The Power of Hope and the Freedom to Choose Assisted-Dying: Compassion in Dying / Michael Bonacci
    17. International Organizations
        The International Association for Suicide Prevention / Robert D. Goldney, Norman L. Farberow, Nils Retterstol
        The International Academy for Suicide Research / Diego De Leo, Armin Schmidtke

Index

16 janvier 2001