Suicide

Why do people commit suicide? How do cultural and social factors come into play in individual cases? A special issue of the journal "Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour", this volume aims to advance prevention efforts in the United States and around the world by exploring the meaning and prevalence of suicide from a multicultural perspective. Chapters from international writers comprise both clinical case studies and broader empirical investigations. This book should be of interest to professionals, faculty, and students in psychology, psychiatry, social work, sociology, public health, epidemiology, pastoral counselling, and crisis intervention. It is intended to serve as supplementary reading for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in topics including: introduction to psychology/psychiatry, psychology and sociology of suicide, culture and psychology, abnormal psychology, emergency medicine, introduction to nursing, and social work practice.