INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE AND HEALTH

 

Special issue on Suicide and Adolescence

 

Volume 17, No. 3, July – September 2005

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

The neurobiology of suicide in adolescents. An emerging field of research

      Gil Zalsman and J John Mann ................. 195

REVIEW ARTICLES

      Alcohol and adolescent suicide

Leo Sher and Gil Zalsman .................... 197

      Impulsivity in the prediction of suicidal behavior in adolescent population

      Marianne Gorlyn ...................... 205

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and the risk for suicidality in adolescents: an update

      Lucas Giner, C Matthew Nichols, Gil Zalsman, and Maria A Oquendo .................. 211

      Suicide in early childhood: A brief review

      Ansley M Roche, Lucas Giner, and Gil Zalsman ................. 221

      Youths who intentionally practise self-harm. Review of the recent research 2001-2004

      Ludwig F Lowenstein ........................ 225

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

      Family-based association study of 5-HT2A receptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi inpatient adolescents

      G Zalsman, A Frisch, R Baruch-Movshovits, L Sher, E Michaelovsky, RA King, H Hermesh, P Goldberg, M Gorlyn, S Misgav, A Apter, S Tyano, and A Weizman ................ 231

      Child, adolescent and youth suicide or undetermined deaths in England and Wales compared with Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA for the 1974-1999 period

      Colin Pritchard and Lars Hansen .................. 239

      Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Children’s Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): Reliability of the Hebrew version

      G Zalsman, S Misgav, E Sommerfeld, Y Kohn, A Brunstein-Klomek, R Diller, L Sher, J Shwartz, G Shoval, DH Ben-Dor, L Wolovik, and MA Oquendo ............... 255

      Suicide attempts among adolescents in northeastern Slovenia: A 25 year report

      A Turcin, Z Turcin, HG Kumperscak, G Zalsman, and B Kores Plesnicar ................... 259

      Self complexity of suicidal adolescents

      Anat Brunstein-Klomek, Israel Orbach, Sorin Meged, and Gil Zalsman ................. 267

      A model program for youth suicide prevention

      Hatim A Omar .................. 275

      Hopelessness in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong: Demographic and family correlates

      Daniel TL Shek and Tak Y Lee ..................... 279

      Relation between rates of suicide in 15-24-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries

      Leo Sher ................. 291

CASE REPORT

      How many pins? A case report of a girl who swallowed more than 50 straight pins in a suicide attempt

      Yuval Bloch, Arye Lauder, and Gideon Ratzoni ....................... 295

      Supportive short-term family therapy by nursing staff in the inpatient unit: Preventing dependence and rehospitalization in the acutely ill and suicidal adolescent

      U Gokhshtein, L Giner, M Mitrani, I Sharabi, M Gorlyn, L Sher, PH Goldberg, S Misgav, JJ Carballo, L Bolovik, and DH Ben-Dor ..................... 299

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

      An uncommon view about teenage suicide

      Sol Gordon ............... 305

      Psychological effects of bio-terrorism and adolescent suicide

      Leo Sher .................... 306

      Gender differences in suicidal behavior and alcohol abuse in adolescents

      Shelly A Groves and Leo Sher .................... 307

      Prevention of suicide in an inpatient adolescent unit by environmental safety modification

      Zvi Engel, Marsel Mitrani, and Gil Zalsman ................... 309

BOOK REVIEWS ........................ 311

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ..................... 312

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ISSN 0334-0139/17:3

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