Alternatives to Suicide

Professor, Associate Dean (Research), School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia and on the steering committee of the Young Lives Matter Foundation. Dr. Page has worked as a clinical psychologist in the Clinical Unit for Anxiety and Depression and was co-director of the Robin Winkler Clinic where he was instrumental in developing the clinic’s individual and group treatment programs as a model of science-informed practice. He is a past National President of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavior Therapy and the inaugural winner of the Tracy Goodall Early Career Award in recognition of innovation in research. He is currently Associate Editor with Psychotherapy Research and has published over 100 research papers, books, and book chapters. His books include “Clinical Psychology for Trainees”, and he has been awarded teaching fellowships for his work in the training of clinical psychologists and developing training opportunities in rural and remote settings. Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Western Australia. Author of three books and over 40 papers and book chapters, Dr. Stritzke has also presented at dozens of conferences including the 10th European Congress of Psychology and the Australian Psychological Society. His research interests cover a wide array of topics such as suicidology, self-stigma in mental illness, and substance abuse.

"This book explores fresh perspectives on suicide, rather than being another book about prevention. The authors present very insightful tools and resources." --Doody

• Part 1 Time for a paradigm shift1. Suicide is about life2. The implicit suicidal mind clings to life3. Zest for life: an antidote to suicide?Part 2 To be or not to be4. The temporal dynamics of the wish to live and the wish to die among suicidal individuals5. Daily monitoring of the wish to live and the wish to die with suicidal inpatients6. Alternatives to suicide: a nonlinear dynamic perspective7. Connectedness and suicidePart 3 Through the lens of the suicidal person8. Collaborative movement from “preventing suicide” to recovering desire to live9. The “alternatives to suicide” approach: a decade of lessons learned10. Psychological resilience to suicidal experiences11. Textual analysis of suicide notes: how a new approach could yield fresh insights?Part 4 Suicide and a life worth living from indigenous and refugee perspectives12. Self-determination and strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention: an emerging evidence-based approach13. Refugees and suicide: when the quest for a better life becomes thwartedPart 5 Epigenetics of suicidal behaviors14. Epigenetics of suicidal behaviors