Suicide Prevention

Christine Moutier, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New York. Christine Moutier is Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and an international leader in the field of suicide prevention. Anthony Pisani, University of Rochester, New York. Anthony Pisani is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester in New York, and founder of SafeSide Prevention, which partners with States and local healthcare organizations to engage, educate, and support their workforce in suicide prevention. Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside, and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

• Part I. Suicide Prevention Overview: 1. Translating Science into Action; 2. Dispelling Myths; 3. Public Health Model of Suicide; 4. Understanding Why: Drivers of Suicide Risk; Part II. Clinical Risk Assessment and Care: 5. Collaborative Connections; 6. Prevention Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment; 7. Responding to Suicide Risk; 8. Extending Care Beyond the Individual; 9 .Use of Medications in Suicide Prevention; 10. Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Systems; Part III. Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations: 11. Medicolegal Risk Management; 12.The Role of Culture and Societal Factors; 13. Youth and Adolescents; 14. Military and Veterans; 15. Older Adults; 16. LGBT Populations; 17. Suicide Loss Survivors.

'I thank the authors for this marvellous and much needed addition to my library. From the opening paragraphs, I was hooked and read the entirety of the handbook, word-for-word, learning something new and clinically applicable from each chapter. It is comprehensive in its scope, beautifully written and up-to-date and will remain on my work desk for use as an authoritative reference guide as challenging situations arise. Most chapters provide key points up front, summarize pertinent data, illustrate text with beautiful figures and case examples and close with clinical pearls and pertinent references. I recommend this handbook for all graduate level trainees and mental health clinicians who treat patients with serious mental illness. If a resident in psychiatry asks for the one must-read book or reference on suicide prevention, this will be it.' Sidney Zisook, Director, Residency Training Program, and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego