Depression and Suicide

Depression and Suicide: Aspects, Medicaux, Psychologiques, ET Socio-Culturels covers the proceedings of the 11th Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, held in Paris, France on July 1981. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 132 chapters. Part I deals with the epidemiological studies and transcultural aspect of depression and suicide. This part discusses the influence of sociocultural and environmental factors in depressive and suicidal behavior. Parts II and III explore the theories and clinical approaches in depression and suicide, especially among young people. These parts consider the biological and medical aspects, hospital settings, and survivors of depression and suicide. Part IV emphasizes the therapeutics, crisis interventions, and paraclinical investigations of these neurological problems. This book will be of value to physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers.

PrefaceIntroduction Allocution d'ouverture Opening AddressA. Epidemiology, Statistics, Transcultural AspectsEpidemiologie, Statistiques, Aspects Transculturels Transcultural Aspects in Depression and Suicide Aspects transculturels de la dépression et du suicide Suicide and Depression in the United States Suicide in Hungary Dépression communautaire. Suicides et tentatives de suicide en rapport avec l'aire communautaire de la personnalité maghrébine Evolution du suicide et de la dépression au Sénégal et en Afrique Transcultural Aspects of Depression and Suicide in Mexico Annotations sur la conduite suicidaire en Espagne Epidemiology of Suicide and Depression in Some Areas Epidémiologie de la dépression et du suicide dans certains pays Comparaison entre facteurs psychopathologiques et facteurs socio-économiques dans les tentatives de suicide On the Epidemiology of Attempted Suicide: A Sample-Survey Study Among General Practitionners Suicides et crise économique: une discussion des thèses d'Emile Durkheim Depression and Suicide in Egypt Changes of the Method Used for Suicide During the Last Thirty Years in Israel Suicide in Jamaica Suicide Epidemiology in Venezuela The Differences in the Scandinavian Suicide Rates The Reliability of the Scandinavian Suicide Rates Epidemiology of Depression and Suicide in Switzerland A Survey of Intoxication Patients in Tampere Finland The Nature of Suicides in Finnish Lappland Recent Trends and Patterns in Suicide in Japan Recent Trend of Suicide in Japan, an Epidemiological Study Sociocultural Factors. Dépression and Suicide Facteurs socio-culturels.