Ebook: Life Span Perspectives of Suicide: Time-Lines in the Suicide Process

In recent years, a great deal of interest has been focused on suicide in the elderly and in the young. However, in line with modem trends in psychology, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, and other human health fields, interest has now shifted to suicide across the life span, from childhood through adulthood to old age. This book has been conceptualized within this developing tradition. There are various ways in which life's timelines can be conceptualized. Developmental theory, we believe, should be open-ended. This has widened-and will continue to widen-our understanding of many complicated human acts including suicide. Though suicide is in many ways the same across the entire life span, understanding the time-lines in the suicidal process is imperative. To do so, however, is, we believe, challenging. In this volume, we attempt to engage in the process of understanding suicide from a developmental perspective. To do this, we have been fortunate to obtain the cooperation of a highly competent group of contributors. One interesting footnote to our list of authorities is that they represent suicidologists from across the life span-a few who are at the beginning of their careers, a large number in their middle years, and a few who are in the Indian summer of their professional lives.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The End of Development....Pages 3-15
A Brief Introduction to the Stages of Development....Pages 17-24
The Developmental Perspective of Suicide....Pages 25-38
The Commonalities of Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 39-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Epidemiology of Suicide in the United States....Pages 55-69
Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 71-80
Suicide at Symbolic Ages....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Suicide in the School-Age Child and Adolescent....Pages 95-107
Child and Adolescent Suicide....Pages 109-120
Suicide in the Young Adult....Pages 121-136
Suicide in Middle Adulthood....Pages 137-151
Suicide and the Elderly....Pages 153-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Biological Correlates of Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 171-186
Social Correlates of Suicide by Age....Pages 187-213
Suicide in Different Ages from a Cross-Cultural Perspective....Pages 215-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Child and Adolescent Survivors of Suicide....Pages 231-258
Adult Survivors after Suicide....Pages 259-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Developmental Perspective on Prevention and Treatment of Suicidal Youth....Pages 283-294
The Prevention of Suicide in Adults....Pages 295-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
A Life Span Perspective of Suicide....Pages 311-317
Back Matter....Pages 319-325

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The End of Development....Pages 3-15
A Brief Introduction to the Stages of Development....Pages 17-24
The Developmental Perspective of Suicide....Pages 25-38
The Commonalities of Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 39-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Epidemiology of Suicide in the United States....Pages 55-69
Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 71-80
Suicide at Symbolic Ages....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Suicide in the School-Age Child and Adolescent....Pages 95-107
Child and Adolescent Suicide....Pages 109-120
Suicide in the Young Adult....Pages 121-136
Suicide in Middle Adulthood....Pages 137-151
Suicide and the Elderly....Pages 153-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Biological Correlates of Suicide across the Life Span....Pages 171-186
Social Correlates of Suicide by Age....Pages 187-213
Suicide in Different Ages from a Cross-Cultural Perspective....Pages 215-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Child and Adolescent Survivors of Suicide....Pages 231-258
Adult Survivors after Suicide....Pages 259-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Developmental Perspective on Prevention and Treatment of Suicidal Youth....Pages 283-294
The Prevention of Suicide in Adults....Pages 295-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
A Life Span Perspective of Suicide....Pages 311-317
Back Matter....Pages 319-325
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