Suicide from a global perspective : vulnerable populations and controversies / Amresh Shrivastava, Megan Kimbrell and David Lester, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Suicide in vulnerable populations -- Suicide in pre-pubertal children / Kimberly K. McClanahan and Hatim A. Omar -- Youth and student suicide / Kimberly K. McClanahan and Hatim A. Omar -- Suicide in old age / Ajit Shah and Mellisha Padayarchi -- Suicide and gender / Andrea Stewart and David Smith -- Suicide and sexual orientation / David Smith and Andrea Stewart -- Intellectually disability and suicidal behavior / Joav Merrick, Efrat Merrick, Yona Lunsky and Isack Kandel -- Suicidal behavior in the chronic medically ill / Lourens Schlebusch -- Suicide risk in ethnic minorities / Richard Thompson -- Suicide in the workforce / Mutsuhiro Nakao -- Suicide and the criminal justice system / Jenny Shaw and Naomi Humber -- Suicide in homeless population / Kevin A. Yoder -- Issues and controversies -- Do antidepressants increase the risk of suicide? / Jochen Kindler, Richard Frey and Siegfried Kasper -- Culture and suicide / Robert Kohn and Harry Friedman -- Is it possible to prevent suicide contagion via the internet through legal regulations? / Henning Herrestad, Andreas Galtung and Ola-Kristen Hoff -- Religion, philosophy and suicide / Michele Raja -- Ethical issues in suicide / Nimesh Desai, Somnath Sengupta and Deepak Kuma -- Complexities in assisted suicide and euthanasia / Jessica Richmond, Elena Yakunina and James L Werth, Jr -- Research priorities in suicidology / David Lester.

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