Psychiatrists and sociologists from many countries explore the link between war and suicide in the contexts of human behavior, stress, children, physical injury, and veterans. Among their topics are understanding human behavior during war, suicide in wartime civilian populations, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal behavior, pros and cons of medicalizing distress, trauma and post-traumatic stress in child soldiers of World War II, risk and assessment of suicide after deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury, the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behaviors as an explanation of suicide among war veterans, and historical trauma and the confusion of identity. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
