Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention (IN: Suicide Prevention: Resources for the Millennium, edited by D Lester)

This chapter reviews the major psychiatric treatment trends in suicide prevention in the past, the present, & the future. Psychiatric disorders are reviewed separately. Depression, bipolar disorder, alcoholism, schizophrenia, personality disorder, drug dependence, & panic disorder are discussed. The prevention of the repetition of a suicide attempt is briefly discussed. Suicide prevention in psychiatric patients by screening for biological & genetic factors is also discussed. (95 refs.)