The neurobiological basis of suicide / editor, Yogesh Dwivedi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diagnosis, traits, states, and co-morbidity in suicide -- The neuroanatomy of serotonergic abnormalities in suicide -- Noradrenergic dysfunction in depression and suicide -- Gamma-aminobutyric acid involvement in depressive illness : interactions with corticotropin releasing hormone and serotonin -- Role of the endocannabinoid system in the neurobiology of suicide -- The stress-diathesis model of suicidal behavior -- Do serum cholesterol values and DST results comprise independent risk factors for suicide? -- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in suicide pathophysiology -- Neuroimaging high risk states for suicide -- Gene-environment interaction and suicidal behavior -- Genetic factors and suicidal behaviour -- Approaches and findings from gene expression profiling studies of suicide -- Epigenetic effects of childhood adversity in the brain and suicide risk -- Genetics of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents -- Neurobiology of teenage suicide -- Suicidal behavior in pediatric population : neurobiology and the missing links in assessing risk among patients with bipolar disorder -- Suicide in late-life -- Intermediate phenotypes in suicidal behaviour : focus on personality -- Toxoplasma gondii, the immune system, and suicidal behavior -- Peripheral biomarkers for suicide -- Medication in suicide prevention : insights from neurobiology of suicidal behavior.