Suicide Phenomenology And Neurobiology

Download or read book Suicide: Phenomenology and Neurobiology written by Keri E. Cannon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the phenomenology, demographics, and neurobehavioral aspects of suicidal behavior and its risk factors, underscoring common neurobehavioral threads among different approaches which may underlie such extreme behavior. It additionally provides an overview of new approaches, such as imaging techniques to identify at-risk individuals or in response to drug treatment associated with suicidal behavior, neurodevelopmental approaches, genetic and epigenetic linkages to suicidal behavior, animal models of specific risk factors, as well as potential biomarkers being employed to help assess risk.