Risk Factors for Youth Suicide [Paperback]

Papers presented at the National Conference on Risk Factors for Youth Suicide, held at Bethesda in 1986. The authors catalogued, analyzed and synthesized the literature on factors linked to youth suicide.Part I COMMISSIONED PAPERS; Chapter 1 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, AND INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTES, Paul C.Holinger, DanielOffer; Chapter 2 PREPARATORY AND PRIOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR FACTORS, Norman L.Farberow; Chapter 3 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, Carol L.Huffine; Chapter 4 FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AS RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, Cynthia RPfeffer; Chapter 5 CONTAGION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, LucyDavidson, Madelyn S.Gould; Chapter 6 STRESS AND UFE EVENTS, E.S.Paykel; Chapter 7 SEXUAL IDENTITY ISSUES, JosephHarry; Chapter 8 MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AS RISK FACTORS IN YOUTH SUICIDE, MariaKovacs, JoaquimPuig-Antich; Chapter 9 PERSONALITY AS A PREDICTOR OF YOUTHFUL SUICIDE, AllenFrances, SusanBlumenthal; Chapter 10 SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE: A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, Marc A.Schuckit, Judith J.Schuckit; Chapter 11 METHODS AS A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, J. WilliamWorden; Chapter 12 NEUROTRANSMITTER MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AS RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, MarieAsberg; Chapter 13 POST MORTEM STUDIES OF SUICIDE, MichaelStanley; Chapter 14 THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND SUICIDE, Herbert Y.Meltzer, Martin T.Lowy; Chapter 15 GENETICS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, AlecRoy; Chapter 16 SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW OF RISK FACTORS IN SUICIDE, Frederick K.Goodwin, Gerald L.Brown;USCopyright ? 1991 by Hemisphere Publishing Corporation