Yufit / Lester Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-68485-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten, E-Book

Current and comprehensive information concerning the assessment andtreatment of suicidal persons and the prevention of suicidalbehavior
The eighth leading cause of death in the United States and thesecond leading cause among U.S. teens, suicide is unique in beingself-inflicted and is, as such, often preventable. By assessing therisk of suicide accurately, providing effective treatment accordingto this risk, and implementing strategies against suicidal urges,mental health professionals can successfully guide their clientsaway from this senseless taking of life.
Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of SuicidalBehavior provides the most current and comprehensive source ofinformation, guidelines, and case studies for working with clientsat risk of suicide. It offers clinicians, counselors, and othermental health professionals a practical toolbox on three main areasof interest:
* Screening and Assessment covers empirically based assessmenttechniques and how they can define dimensions of vulnerability andmeasure the risk of self-destructive behavior. Authors discussresearch on the use of each screening instrument, guidelines andsuggestions for using the instrument in practice, and a case studyillustrating its application.
* Intervention and Treatment compares several differentapproaches for structuring psychotherapy with suicidal clients.Each author covers a psychotherapy system, its application tosuicidal clients, and a case study of its real-world use.
* Suicide and Violence explores the relationship between suicidalindividuals and violence, covering suicide in specific contextssuch as school violence, police confrontations, and terroristviolence. This section also includes a discussion of the increasedrisk of suicide in our more insecure and violent world, as well ashow topromote coping styles for these new anxieties.
While addressed mainly to psychologists, social workers, and othermental health professionals for use in serving their clients, aswell as students of psychology, Assessment, Treatment, andPrevention of Suicidal Behavior is also an accessible andvaluable resource for educators, school counselors, and others inrelated fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yufit, Robert I

Lester, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (Norman L. Farberow).
About the Editors.
Contributors.
1. Introduction (Robert I. Yufit and David Lester).
PART ONE: Screening and Assessment.
2. Clinical Use of Suicide Assessment Scales: EnhancingReliability and Validity through the Therapeutic Relationship(James R. Rogers and Kimberly M. Oney).
3. Assessment of Suicide: Beck's Scales for Assessing Moodand Suicidality (Mark A. Reinecke and Rogina L.Franklin-Scott).
4. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI /MMPI-2,MMPI-A) and Suicide (Alan F. Friedman, Robert P. Archer, andRichard W. Handel).
5. Rorschach Contributions to Assessment of Suicide Risk (RonaldJ. Ganellen).
6. Assessing the Vital Balance in Evaluating Suicidal Potential(Robert I. Yufit).
PART TWO: Intervention and Treatment of Suicidality.
7. The Classic Systems of Psychotherapy and Suicidal Behavior(David Lester).
8. Crisis Intervention in the Context of Outpatient Treatment ofSuicidal Patients (John Kalafat and Maureen M. Underwood).
9. No-Suicide Contracts (Lillian M. Range).
10. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Suicidal Patients (Mark A.Reinecke and Elizabeth R. Didie).
11. Voice Therapy: A Treatment for Depression and Suicide (LisaFirestone).
12. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (David Lester).
13. The Widening Scope of Family Therapy for the Elderly (JosephRichman).
14. Group Therapy and Suicide (Robert R. Fournier).
PART THREE: Special Issues.
15. Easing the Legacy of Suicide (David Lester).
16. Coping with Suicide in the Schools: The Art and the Research(Antoon A. Leenaars, David Lester, and Susanne Wenckstern).
17. Helping College Students Cope with Suicidal Impulses (MortonM. Silverman).
18. Suicide Terrorism (Ariel Merari).
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

ROBERT I. YUFIT, PhD, ABPP, is an associate professor at theFeinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicagoand is also in independent clinical practice where he has focusedprimarily on the assessment and treatment of suicidal persons forthe past three decades. He is a past president of the AmericanAssociation of Suicidology, and is currently Associate Editor oftheir journal, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. He haspublished widely on the assessment of suicide potential.
DAVID LESTER, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the RichardStockton College of New Jersey. He has written extensively on bothsuicide and murder. He was director of research and evaluation atthe Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Buffalo, New York, andis a past president of the International Association for SuicidePrevention.