Citation

Lopez-Castroman J, Calati R. Front. Psychol. 2019; 10: e2191.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02191

PMID

31607998

PMCID

PMC6769099

Abstract

Psychosocial approaches to the understanding and prevention of suicidal behavior have been wished-for since the pioneer work of Emile Durkheim (nineteenth century), who studied suicide to demonstrate how social factors played a key role in the genesis of human behavior. Many years passed before his ideas took hold, but in the last few decades initiatives to reduce the rates of suicidal behavior are arising throughout the world. This Research Topic was conceived to provide a picture of current psychosocial approaches to prevent suicidal behavior. Our aim was attained thanks to a variety of remarkable contributions (11 articles) ranging from suicide survivors to social media coverage or medical training...

Language: en

Keywords

caregivers; prevention; psychosocial risk assessment models; suicide; training