Understanding Suicidal Behaviour: The Suicidal Process Approach to Research, Treatment and Prevention

About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Introduction.

PART I THE SUICIDAL PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH FINDINGS

The Suicidal Process and Related Concepts (K. von Heeringen)

Pathways to Suicide: The Epidemiology of the Suicidal Process Ad (Kerkhof and E. Arensman)

Stress and Suicidal Behaviour (L. Traskman-Bendz and A. Westrin)

About the Biological Interface between Psychotraumatic Experiences and Affective Dysregulation (H.M. van Praag)

Psychological Aspects of the Suicidal Process (J.M.G. Williams and L.R. Pollock)

Personality Constellations and Suicidal Behaviour (A. Apter and H. Ofek)

Ethology and the Suicidal Process (R.D. Goldney)

Towards a Psychobiological Model of the Suicidal Process (K. van Heeringen)

PART II THE SUICIDAL PROCESS APPROACH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

Suicide Risk Assessment and the Suicidal-Process Approach (L. Amsel and J.J. Mann)

The Suicidal Process and Society (U. Bille-Brahne)

The Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour in the Context of the Suicidal Process K. (Hawton)

Suicide as Goal-directed Action (K. Michel and L. Valach)

Psychopharmacological Approaches to the Suicidal Process (K.M. Malone and M. Moran)

Psychotherapeutic Implications of the Suicidal Approach (I. Kienhorst and K. van Heeringen)

The Process Approach to Suicidal Behaviour: Future Directions in Research, Treatment and Prevention (K. van Heeringen)

Author Index.

Subject Index.