Monografiya baziruetsya na materialakh original'nykh issledovaniy avtorov, vsestoronne rassmatrivayushchikh problemu zhenskogo suitsida. Privodyatsya dannye o rasprostranennosti zavershennykh i nezavershennykh samoubiystv v zhenskoy populyatsii, naibolee tipichnykh dlya zhenshchin faktorakh riska suitsidal'nogo povedeniya, motivakh i kharakteristikakh suitsidal'nykh deystviy, vzaimosvyazi suitsidal'nogo povedeniya s sostoyaniem psikhicheskogo zdorov'ya, osobennostyakh pre- i postsuitsidal'nogo periodov. Privodyatsya razrabotannye avtorami novye formy i metody preduprezhdeniya samoubiystv v zhenskoy populyatsii. Dlya vrachey - psikhiatrov i psikhoterapevtov, spetsialistov sluzhb suitsidologicheskoy pomoshchi, meditsinskikh psikhologov, organizatorov zdravookhraneniya, rabotnikov sluzhb sotsial'noy zashchity naseleniya.