• 1. Introduction to the Handbook


• Matthew K. Nock


• Part One: Classification of Self-Injurious Behaviors


• 2. The Classification of Suicidal Behavior


• Kelly Posner, Beth Brodsky, Kseniya Yershova, Jacqueline Buchanan, and John Mann


• 3. Distinguishing between Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury


• Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp


• 4. Should We Expand the Conceptualization of Self-Injurious Behavior? Rationale, Review, and Recommendations


• Jill M. Hooley and Sarah St. Germain


• Part Two: Phenomenology and Epidemiology


• 5. Suicidal Behaviors among Children and Adolescents


• Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Julie Weismoore, Rupa P. Zimmermann, and Anthony Spirito


• 6. Suicidal Behaviors Among Adults


• Eve K. Moscicki


• 7. Person-Centered Prevention of Suicide Among Older Adults


• Paul R. Duberstein and Marnin J. Heisel


• 8. Non-suicidal Self-injury across the Lifespan


• Janis Whitlock and Matthew Selekman


• Part Three: Approaches to Understanding Self-Injurious Behaviors


• 9. Genetic and Neurobiological Approaches to Understanding Suicidal Behaviors


• Laura M. Fiori, Carl Ernst, and Gustavo Turecki


• 10. Developmental Approaches to Understanding Suicidal and Self-Injurious Behaviors


• Sheila E. Crowell, Christina M. Derbidge, and Theodore P. Beauchaine


• 11. Social and Ecological Approaches to Suicidal Behaviors and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)


• Nicole Heilbron, Joseph C. Franklin, John D. Guerry, and Mitchell J. Prinstein


• 12. Cognitive and Information Processing Approaches to Understanding Suicidal Behaviors


• Amy Wenzel and Megan Spokas


• 13. Psychodynamics of Suicide


• Mark J. Goldblatt


• 14. Racial/Ethnic, Spiritual/Religious, and Sexual Orientation Influences on Suicidal Behaviors


• Regina M. Sherman, Barbara D'Orio, Miesha N. Rhodes, Stephanie Gantt, and Nadine J. Kaslow


• 15. Comprehensive Theories of Suicidal Behaviors


• Edward A. Selby, Thomas E. Joiner Jr., and Jessica D. Ribeiro


• 16. Comprehensive Theoretical Models of NSSI


• Colleen M. Jacobson and Kristen Batejan


• Part Four: Assessment


• 17. Core Competencies, Warning Signs, and a Framework for Suicide Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice


• M. David Rudd


• 18. Assessment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury


• E. David Klonsky and Stephen P. Lewis


• Part Five: Prevention and Intervention


• 19. Prevention of Suicidal Behaviors


• José M. Bertolote


• 20. Psychological Treatment of Suicidal Behaviors


• Erin F. Ward-Ciesielski and Marsha M. Linehan


• 21. The Pharmacologic Treatment of Suicidal Patients


• Jan Fawcett and Katie A. Busch


• 22. Prevention of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury


• Nancy L. Heath, Jessica R. Toste, and Shannon-Dell MacPhee


• 23. Psychological Treatments for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury


• Barbara Stanley, Virginia Fineran, and Beth Brodsky


• 24. Pharmacologic Treatment of NSSI


• Paul L. Plener and Gerhard Libal


• Part Six: Special Issues


• 25. Overlap between Suicidal Behavior and Interpersonal Violence


• Marc Hillbrand


• 26. Suicide Terrorism


• Ellen Townsend


• 27. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia


• Agnes van der Heide


• 28. Survivors of Suicide


• Holly Parker


• 29. Conclusion to the Handbook


• Matthew K. Nock

Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Laboratory for Clinical and Developmental Research in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Nock's multi-disciplinary research is aimed at advancing the understanding of why people behave in ways that are harmful to themselves, with an emphasis on suicide and other forms of self-harm. His work on suicide and self-injury has been recognized through the receipt of early career awards from the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the American Association of Suicidology. In 2011 he was named a MacArthur Fellow.

The Oxford Handbook of Suicide and Self-Injury provides a comprehensive summary of the most important and exciting advances in our understanding of suicide and self-injury and our ability to predict and prevent it.