Lisa A. Brenner and Beeta Y. Homaifar VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA; University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Introduction: Existing literature suggests that those with deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury (TBI) may […]
Arja Mainio Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. TBI has a negative impact on somatic, cognitive and emotional/behavioral functions. To the victims and their families, psychosocial deficits and psychiatric disorders are commonly the major source of disability in their rehabilitation process. Pre-injury problems of […]
David While and Navneet Kapur University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. National suicide rates are used as an indicator of health and the reduction of suicide rates is therefore seen by many countries as a public health priority. Risk factors for general population […]
Sandeep Grover Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Suicide in war veterans has being a focus of researchers, administration and media since the time of Vietnam War. Over the years there has been some research in this area. However till […]
Lindsey L. Monteith(1), Kelly L. Green(1), Amanda R. Mathew(1) and Jeremy W. Pettit(2) (1)University of Houston, Texas, USA; (2)Florida International University, Florida, USA War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. War veterans are at elevated risk of suicide, nonfatal suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation. Suicide is a leading cause of […]
Leo Sher Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. Individuals exposed to severe traumatic stress often develop comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). I developed a new concept suggesting that that some or […]
Shelly Ben DavidColumbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA War and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 306 pages. As a grandchild of holocaust survivors, in a short narrative, Shelly Ben David weaves together family stories that she heard about the holocaust as a child, from her […]
Leo Sher, M.D. “Psychiatry Today,” a Japanese scientific news bulletin, has just published a report on the symposium, “Translational neuroscience may inform treatment development for posttraumatic stress disorder” that was held on June 28, 2009 during the 9th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (June 28-July 2, 2009, Palace of Congresses (Le Palais des Congrès de […]
Maurizio Pompili(1,2), Ilaria Cuomo(1), Giovanni Dominici(1), Ilaria Falcone(1), Giulia Iacorossi(1), Arianna Saglimbene(1), David Lester(3), Roberto Tatarelli(1) and Stefano Ferracuti(1)(1)Suicide Prevention Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; (2)McLean Hospital – Harvard Medical School, USA; (3)The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USASuicide in the Military. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, […]
Maurizio Pompili(1,2), Silvia Rigucci(1), Daniela Di Cosimo(1), Melania Pugliese(1), Silvia Pontremolesi(1), Laura Sapienza(1), Marco Innamorati(3) and David Lester(4)(1)Suicide Prevention Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; (2)McLean Hospital – Harvard Medical School, USA; (3)Universitá Europea di Roma, Italy, (4)The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USASuicide in the Military. Hauppauge, New […]
