Suicide Behaviors [electronic resource] : 21st-Century Perspectives.

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Intro -- Foreword -- Suicidal self-injurious behaviors: Definition and frequency -- Definition -- Prevalence -- Synthesis -- References -- Biological predisposing and demographic characteristics in suicidal behaviors -- Biological issues -- Age -- Gender or sex -- Education or schooling -- Employment situation -- Occupation -- Social class -- Marital status -- Urban or rural residence -- Synthesis -- References -- Psychosocial stressors and suicidal behaviors -- Street situation or homelessness -- Physical or sexual violence or neglect -- Imprisonment -- Synthesis -- References

Suicide behaviors and society -- Family context -- Religiosity -- Adoption situation -- Exposure to suicide in the media -- Availability of suicide methods -- Armed conflicts or wars -- Social capital -- Macroeconomic context -- Synthesis -- References -- Self-injurious behaviors in clinical practice -- Personality characteristics and disorders -- Mental disorders -- Consumption of legal and illegal substances -- Previous suicide attempts -- Suicide survivors -- Synthesis -- References -- Self-injurious behaviors in differentiated populations -- Afro-descendants, Asians, and Latinos

Native ethnic groups -- Progressive sexual identities -- Inmigrants -- Synthesis -- References -- Non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors -- Definition -- Diagnostic criteria -- Frequency -- Related features -- Relationship between non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, non-suicidal self-injurious behavior disorder, and suicidal behaviors -- Synthesis -- References -- Preventive strategies for suicide behaviors -- Background -- Effective strategies -- Recommendations for general practitioners, social workers, psycho-counselors, educators, and the media -- Synthesis -- References

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