Suicide is increasingly recognized as a major global issue of
public health, with far-reaching social, economic, and emotional
consequences. The World Health Organization estimates that around
800,000 people die each year by suicide, with suicide attempts
perhaps up to twenty times more frequent than the completed act.
Moreover, in the past thirty years global suicide rates have
increased by a dizzying 60 per cent. (For example, in Japan-after
Russia, the developed world's leading suicide nation-more than
33,000 people committed suicide in 2007.) Some general facts are
now widely known. For instance: suicide is mainly a (young) male
act; mental disorders (such as depression and schizophrenia) are
strongly associated with the majority of suicide cases; and suicide
rates tend to increase during times of economic downturn, and
decrease when individuals within society are well integrated-which
probably explains why suicide rates tend to decline during wars.
Also, certain groups of people (e.g. alcoholics, the bereaved,
prisoners, and migrants) are recognized to be at particular risk of
suicide. While it is possible to make such generalizations, many
urgent questions, of course, remain unanswered. Consequently,
practical and scholarly research better to understand the complex
interaction of psychological, genetic, sociological, and
environmental factors that may lead to suicide flourishes as never
before, not least in the hope of instigating effective
suicide-prevention strategies and initiatives. However, much of the
literature remains inaccessible or is highly specialized and
compartmentalized, so that it is often difficult to obtain an
informed overview. To enable users to make sense of the sheer scale
of the growth in research output-and the breadth of the field-this
new four-volume collection from Routledge's Major Themes in Health
and Social Welfare series answers the need for a comprehensive
reference work offering wide-ranging and multidisciplinary
perspectives on suicide and suicidal behaviour. Edited by two of
the world's leading authorities, the collection brings together
canonical and the very best cutting-edge research. Suicide will be
welcomed by professionals and policy-makers. It will also be an
invaluable reference resource for students and scholars working in
the field, as well as users from a wide range of allied
disciplines-such as nursing, education, social work, and law-who
increasingly require an understanding of the issues this collection
explores.
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