Suicide Prevention and New Technologies ― Evidence Based Practice

The internet, smartphones, computer self-help programmes and other technological advances are the new frontiers of suicide prevention, with organisations around the world rapidly expanding these services. Suicide Prevention and New Technologies responds to an increasing need by organisations, planners, researchers and individuals working in suicide prevention and mental health to better understand how they can and should become involved in suicide prevention using these new technologies. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and presents the current state of the art in the light of research findings and discuss current and future challenges.

Brian Mishara is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia at Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, and Vice-Chairperson of the helpline organization Befrienders Worldwide. Past president of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, he conducts suicide prevention training internationally and has published numerous books on the effectiveness of suicide prevention programmes.

Ad Kerkhof is Professor of Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology and suicide prevention at the VU University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and is an experienced clinician treating suicidal patients. He is currently leading a research program into mental health care for suicidal patients and is one of the authors of the Dutch Multidisciplinary Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour.