Presents an evaluation of the past, presentt, and future of suicidal behavior and efforts to prevent or facilitate suicide. Authors from varying disciplines of psychology, sociology, and psychiatry analyze suicide in the opening chapters

Part I Understanding Suicide; 1. The Epidemiology of Suicide, David Lester; 2. Sociological Research into Suicide, Steven Stack; 3. Psychological Research into Suicide: Past, Present, and Future, James R. Rogers; 4. Suicide and Aggression: Are they Biologically Two Sides of the Same Coin, H.M. van Praag; Part II Approaches to Preventing Suicide; 5. Public Health and Suicide Prevention, Lloyd B. Potter; 6. ::, Ronald L. Bonner2; 7. Psychiatric Treatment in Suicide Prevention, Alec Roy; 8. Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients, Thomas E. Ellis; 9. Helplines and Crisis Intervention Services: Challenges for the Future, Brian L. Mishara, Marc Daigle; ch0010 The Role of Primary Physicians in Preventing Suicide: Possibilities, Short-Comings, and the Challenge in Reaching Male Suicides, Wolfgang Rutz; 11. Helping Suicide Survivors, Norman L. Farberow; 12. Suicide Prevention in Schools: Resources for the Millennium, Antoon A. Leenaars; Part III The Organizations; 13. The Origin of Suicide Prevention in the United States, M. David Wallace; 14. The American Association of Suicidology: Past, Present, and Future, Alan Berman, Virginia Lindahl; 15. Crisis Services; 16. Right-To-Die Organizations; 17. International Organizations;