Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Chapter One What Is Suicidal Behavior, and Can It Be Prevented?
- Chapter Two Stress, Vulnerability, and Suicide
- Chapter Three The Dark Side of the Brain
- Chapter Four Lethal Signals
- Chapter Five I Think, Therefore I Do Not Want to Be
- Chapter Six Images of the Suicidal Brain
- Chapter Seven “In my end is my beginning”
- Chapter Eight I Predict, Therefore I Cannot Be
- Chapter Nine Predicting the Unpredictable
- Chapter Ten The Treatment of Suicide Risk
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Colour Plates
Chapter Ten - The Treatment of Suicide Risk
Neuroscience Aspects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Chapter One What Is Suicidal Behavior, and Can It Be Prevented?
- Chapter Two Stress, Vulnerability, and Suicide
- Chapter Three The Dark Side of the Brain
- Chapter Four Lethal Signals
- Chapter Five I Think, Therefore I Do Not Want to Be
- Chapter Six Images of the Suicidal Brain
- Chapter Seven “In my end is my beginning”
- Chapter Eight I Predict, Therefore I Cannot Be
- Chapter Nine Predicting the Unpredictable
- Chapter Ten The Treatment of Suicide Risk
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Colour Plates
Summary
In addition to suicide prediction, neuroscience can be expected to contribute in a unique and substantial way to the treatment of suicide risk. For psychotropic drugs such as lithium and clozapine a specific antisuicidal effect has been demonstrated, independent of effects on associated psychiatric disorders. The results from studies with ketamine are promising as they indicate a rapid and sustained relief of suicidal thoughts. Neurostimulation and neuromodulation provide new approaches to treatment, with a substantial impact on suicide risk. Novel pharmacological compounds targeting the vulnerability to suicidal behavior include drugs that affect the stress-response system and neuroprotective factors.
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- The Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior , pp. 182 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018