Pharmacological Treatment of Underlying Psychiatric Disorders in Suicidal Patients (IN: Suicide – an Unnecessary Death, edited by D Wasserman)

This chapter describes psychopharmacological approaches in two different conditions: acute suicidality after psychosocial stress conditions & acute or chronic suicidality as a symptom or result of a relevant psychiatric disorder. The effects of psychopharmacological treatment in neuroses & personality disorders, unipolar & bipolar depression, & schizophrenia are discussed. (11 refs.)