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War and Suicide

"War and Suicide" chapter abstracts

War and SuicidealtSuicidal behavior is a critical problem in the military, among civilians during a war and among returning war veterans. Millions of people around the world were involved in many wars and military conflicts during the past 100 years. Nowadays, suicidal behavior is a critical problem among Soldiers and Marines deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and returning war veterans. The U.S. Army's top Medical Officer has been reported as saying that commanders are seeking ways to address the alarming increase in suicides, including looking to their counterparts in the Air Force and in civilian agencies (Associated Press, September 4, 2008). This book is dedicated to the relationship between war and suicidal behavior. The relationship between war and suicide is perplex. Understanding the impact of war on suicidal behavior in the military, among civilians and war veterans is an important challenge for future research. This book will be of interest to physicians, psychologists, other clinicians, experts in public health management, military people and war veterans.

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Editors: Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens

Chapter abstracts:
1 Understanding human behavior during war
2 People act, people make wars, people react: understanding human behavior during war
3 War, massive social change and suicide
4 War and depression
5 Mental disorder, war and suicide
6 They also serve who only stand and wait: suicide in wartime civilian populations
7 The netherlands and world war ii, jews and suicide
8 Stress and suicidal behavior
9 Post traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior
10 Medicalization of distress: Pros and cons
11 Bio-behavioral consequences of traumatic stress in childhood and adolescence: The effects of war on children's mental health, growth and development
12 Trauma and posttraumatic stress in child soldiers of world war II
13 Combat related physical injury and suicidal behavior
14 Deployment-acquired TBI and suicidality: Risk and assessment
15 Preventing suicidal behavior after traumatic brain injury
16 Suicide in veterans
17 Suicidal behavior in war veterans
18 The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviors as an explanation of suicide among war veterans
19 The concept of posttraumatic mood disorder and its relation to suicidal behavior in war veterans
20 Locating now: On historical trauma and the confusion of identity