Current Research on Suicide and Parasuicide: Selected Proceedings of the Second European Symposium on Suicidal Behavior, Edinburgh, June 1988

This book contains selected readings from many fields of suicidology. The articles discuss themes such as: international trends in suicide; suicide in Ireland & Hungary; unemployment & mortality in Italy; the rate of suicide among 1st admission psychiatric patients; suicidal behavior in schizoaffective & schizophrenic patients; thought processes in suicide attempters; suicide & aggression; the methods of jumping & poisoning; & bereavement. (VM)