A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide

Chapter 1: Positive Psychology and Suicide Prevention: An Introduction and Overview of the Literature.- Chapter 2: Future Oriented Constructs and their Role in Suicidal Ideation and Enactment.- Chapter 3: Forgiveness, Addiction and Suicide.- Chapter 4: Reasons for Living.- Chapter 5: Gratitude as a Protective Factor for Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour: Theory and Evidence.- Chapter 6: Considering Race and Ethnicity Using Positive Psychological Approaches to Suicide.- Chapter 7: Interpersonal Needs and Social Support.- Chapter 8: Encouraging Health-Promoting Behaviors in Primary Care to Reduce Suicide Rates.- Chapter 9: Future-Oriented Treatments for Suicide: An Overview of Three Modern Approaches.- Chapter 10: Meaning-Centered Men's Groups (MCMG) for the Transition to Retirement.- Chapter 11: The Six R's Framework as Mindfulness for Suicide Prevention.- Chapter 12: Community-Based Participatory Research and Empowerment for Suicide Prevention.- Chapter 13: Applied Resiliency and Suicide Prevention: A Strengths-Based, Risk-Reduction Framework.

Jameson K. Hirsch is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, and Assistant Chair, at East Tennessee State University, and maintains faculty appointments in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, the Department of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, and as a Research Scientist at the Mountain Home VAMC.  Dr. Hirsch received his Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming, completed his APA-accredited internship at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, and his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.  His research focuses on protective, positive psychological characteristics that might buffer against psychopathology, particularly depression and suicidal behavior, occurring in the context of medical illness and impairment and in underserved and under-represented groups, including rural, elderly and ethnic minority individuals.  Dr. Hirsch has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles on protective factors, and he has presented his research more than 350 times at professional conferences.  He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Cognitive Therapy and Research and International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

Edward C. Chang is a Professor of Clinical Science in the Department of Psychology and Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He completed his APA-accredited clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital Center-New York University Medical Center. Dr. Chang has published nearly 200 works on personality, positive psychology, suicide risk, cultural differences, coping, and psychological adjustment. He has also edited more than a dozen books focused on optimism, personality, social problem solving, cognitive behavioral interventions with ethnoracial