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The Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior
About this book
Nearly one million people take their own lives each year world-wide - however, contrary to popular belief, suicide can be prevented. While suicide is commonly thought to be an understandable reaction to severe stress, it is actually an abnormal reaction to regular situations. Something more than unbearable stress is needed to explain suicide, and neuroscience shows what this is, how it is caused and how it can be treated. Professor Kees van Heeringen describes findings from neuroscientific research on suicide, using various approaches from population genetics to brain imaging. Compelling evidence is reviewed that shows how and why genetic characteristics or early traumatic experiences may lead to a specific predisposition that makes people vulnerable to triggering life events. Neuroscientific studies are yielding results that provide insight into how the risk of suicide may develop; ultimately demonstrating how suicide can be prevented.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Chapter One What Is Suicidal Behavior, and Can It Be Prevented?
- Chapter Two Stress, Vulnerability, and Suicide: The Stress–Diathesis Model
- Chapter Three The Dark Side of the Brain: Neuroscience Approaches to Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter Four Lethal Signals: The Molecular Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter Five I Think, Therefore I Do Not Want to Be: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter Six Images of the Suicidal Brain: Systems Neuroscience and Suicide
- Chapter Seven ‘‘In my end is my beginning’’: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective on Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter Eight I Predict, Therefore I Cannot Be: A Predictive Coding Account of Suicidal Behavior
- Chapter Nine Predicting the Unpredictable: Neuroscience Contributions to Suicide Prediction
- Chapter Ten The Treatment of Suicide Risk: Neuroscience Aspects
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Color plates
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