Suicidal behaviour: underlying dynamics

Suicidal Behaviour: Underlying dynamics is a wide ranging collection of articles that builds upon an earlier volume by the same editor (Suicidal Behaviour: Assessment of people-at-risk, 2010) and delves deeper into the dynamics of suicide by synthesizing significant psychological and interdisciplinary perspectives. The volume brings together varied conceptualizations by scholars across disciplines from around the globe, thereby adding on to the available theoretical understandings as well as providing research based inputs for practitioners in the field of suicidal behaviour. This book contains.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I Theoretical underpinnings; 1 Conceptualizing suicidal behaviour: understanding and prevention; 2 Genetics of suicidal behavior; 3 Suicidality and personality: linking pathways; 4 Emotion dysregulation and suicidality; 5 Role of aggression and impulsivity in suicide attempts and in suicide completion; 6 Psycho-social stress and suicidal behaviour; 7 From social adversity to psychological pain: a pathway to suicide; 8 Clustering and contagion of suicidal behaviour.

Part II Varied research evidence and assessment perspectives9 Suicidal ideation and behavior among sexual minority youth: correlates, vulnerabilities, and protective factors; 10 Spatial and temporal distribution of suicidal behaviour with a special focus on Hungary: understanding the variations; 11 Suicide in the United States military; 12 Contribution of alcohol to suicide mortality in Eastern Europe; 13 Media content representation of suicide in various societies: a critical review; 14 The formal assessment of suicide risk; 15 Culturally competent suicide assessment.