Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior

Understanding of suicidal behavior has become more nuanced than it was years ago, and it has become apparent that "no one theory and no one therapy ... [can] fill all the many manifestations of self-destructive feelings and behaviors"-(from the foreword). Editors/psychologists Yufit (Northwestern U. Medical School) and Lester (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)-both are specialists in suicide-briefly introduce 18 contributions (a few of their own) aimed at bringing clinicians up to date on assessment and a myriad of treatment and prevention approaches. The "special issues" section addresses the legacy of suicide, coping in schools, college students, and suicide terrorism.