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Phenomenology of Suicide (eBook, PDF)

Unlocking the Suicidal Mind

Redaktion: Pompili, Maurizio

Beschreibung

Helps the reader to understand the suicidal mind from a phenomenological point of view

Promotes an approach to suicide prevention that stresses the role of empathy

Highlights the insights offered by neuroimaging studies and the role of mirror neurons in social cognition

Examines the feelings of clinicans when confronted with potentially suicidal patients

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Autor

Maurizio Pompili, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Suicidology in the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and also coordinator of the Suicide Prevention Center at Sant'Andrea Hospital in Rome. Dr. Pompili received his MD and completed his specialization in Psychiatry (both summa cum laude) from the Sapienza University of Rome and obtained his doctoral degree in Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences from the same university. He has been a visiting scientist at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA, where he received a fellowship in psychiatry. In 2008 Dr. Pompili received the American Association of Suicidology's Shneidman Award for "Outstanding contributions in research in suicidology". He was the Italian representative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) for 8 years and served as co-chair of the IASP Council of National Representatives. He is also a member of the International Academy for Suicide Research and the American Association of Suicidology. Dr. Pompili has published more than 300 papers on suicide, including original research articles, book chapters, and editorials. He has co-edited ten international books on suicide, including Evidence-Based Practice in Suicidology (Hogrefe & Huberr) and Suicide in the Words of Suicidologists (Nova). Maurizio Pompili is particularly active in collaborations with the Italian Ministry of Health and Italian Health Institute. His H-index is 32 (Scopus, September 2015).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319479767
• Artikelnr.: 52940334