Suicide

Sujit Sarkhel MD DPM Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaLakshmi Vijayakumar MBBS DPM PhD FRCP (Edin) FRCPsych (Hon)Founder SNEHA; Head of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaVinay Kumar MD Consultant Psychiatrist, Manoved Mind Hospital, Patna, Bihar, IndiaShubhangi R Parkar DPM MD (Mumbai) MSc PhD (Basel, Switzerland) Dean, Vedantaa Institute of Medical Sciences, Dahanu, Palghar, Maharashtra, India

• Chapter 1. Introduction and OverviewChapter 2. Theories of SuicideChapter 3. Suicide NomenclatureChapter 4. Sociocultural Aspects of SuicideChapter 5. Neurobiology of Suicide: An OverviewChapter 6. Epidemiology of Suicide in India: Gaps in DataChapter 7. Non-suicidal Self-injury: Indian PerspectiveChapter 8. Psychiatric Disorders and Suicide in IndiaChapter 9. Substance Abuse and Suicide in IndiaChapter 10. Personality Disorders and Suicide in IndiaChapter 11. Medical Illness and Suicide in IndiaChapter 12. Suicide in WomenChapter 13. Suicide in YoungChapter 14. Farmer’s Suicide in IndiaChapter 15. Suicide and Indian MediaChapter 16. Survivors of SuicideChapter 17. Suicide Helplines in IndiaChapter 18. Assessment of Suicide RiskChapter 19. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Suicide in IndiaChapter 20. Suicide Prevention in India