Introduction to the handbook

Résumé

This introduction provides an outline of the Oxford Handbook of Suicide and Self-Injury. It describes the purpose of this Handbook and describes the six primary sections of this volume, which focus on: (I) Classification, (II) Phenomenology and Epidemiology, (III) Approaches to the understanding of self-harm, (IV) Assessment (V) Prevention and Intervention, and (VI) Special issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved) CONCEPT-SUICIDE DÉFINITION COMPORTEMENT-SUICIDAIRE PHÉNOMÉNOLOGIE ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE SUICIDOLOGIE