Suicide Risk Management 2e

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-470-97856-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 196 g

This highly practical book explains how to identify and manage suicidal individuals and supports the health professional in assisting the patient to choose life rather than death.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chehil, Sonia

Kutcher, Stanley P

Kutcher, Stan

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Objectives

1 Importance of Suicide Awareness & Assessment

2 Understanding Suicide Risk

3 Suicide Risk Assessment

4 Putting It All Together:Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASRm)

5 Special Topics in Understanding & Evaluating Suicide Risk

6 Suicide Prevention

7 Suicide Intervention

8 Post-suicide Intervention - Caring for the Survivor

9 Care for the Carer: Death of a Patient by Suicide

10 Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study

Appendices

A TASR

B 6-KADS

C My Safety Plan

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chehil, Sonia
Sonia Chehil is Head of International Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and Associate Director of the WHO Collaborating Center in Mental Health, with joint faculty appointments in child and adolescent and international psychiatry.

Kutcher, Stan
Stan Kutcher is one of the world's leading authorities on child and adolescent psychiatry and is the author/editor of several successful books and over 150 scientific papers. He is Director of the WHO Collaborating Center in Mental Health Training and Policy and Associate Dean of International Medical Development and Research at Dalhousie University.