Suicide prevention : Stahl's handbooks /

"The current scientifically informed view of suicide is that, while complex, suicide is a health-related outcome. Driven by a convergence of health factors along with other psychosocial and environmental factors, suicide risk is multi-factorial. Like most health outcomes, a set of genetic, envi...

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Main Authors: Moutier, Christine Yu, 1968- (Author), Pisani, Anthony R., 1946- (Author), Stahl, Stephen M., 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York] : [Cambridge University Press], [2021]
Series:Stahl's essential psychopharmacology handbooks
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
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Summary:"The current scientifically informed view of suicide is that, while complex, suicide is a health-related outcome. Driven by a convergence of health factors along with other psychosocial and environmental factors, suicide risk is multi-factorial. Like most health outcomes, a set of genetic, environmental, and psychological/behavioral factors are relevant. It's critically important that health professionals develop a current understanding of suicide as older views have permeated and clouded societal understanding leading to assumptions and judgment that have silenced generations of people suffering suicidal struggles or loss of a loved one to suicide"--
Item Description:Electronic resource.
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Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108564618
1108564615