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Assessing and managing suicide risk : guidelines for clinically based risk management / Robert I. Simon.
Holman Biotech Commons RC569 .S556 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Robert I.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suicide.
- Suicide--Prevention.
- Suicide--Risk factors.
- Suicidal behavior--Prevention.
- Suicidal behavior.
- Risk assessment.
- Suicide Prevention.
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric.
- Malpractice--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Psychotherapy.
- Risk Management.
- Medical Subjects:
- Suicide Prevention.
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric.
- Malpractice--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Psychotherapy.
- Risk Management.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 234 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., [2004]
- Contents:
- 1 Suicide and Malpractice Litigation 1
- Understanding Malpractice Claims 3
- Duty of Care 3
- Standard of Care 5
- Respected-Minority Rule 7
- Direct Causation 8
- Damage 9
- "Volitional Acts" of Suicide 11
- Defenses to a Malpractice Claim 14
- Other Legal Actions 17
- National Practitioner Data Bank 17
- Importance of Clinically Based Risk Management 18
- Clinically Based Risk Management 20
- 2 Suicide Risk Assessment 25
- Standard of Care 35
- Systematic Suicide Risk Assessment 37
- Suicide Risk Factors 41
- Suicide Risk Assessment Methodology 49
- Managed-Care Settings 53
- Clinically Based Risk Management 54
- 3 Suicide Prevention Contracts 61
- Alliance Versus Contract 67
- Other Viewpoints 71
- Clinical-Legal Issues 73
- Clinically Based Risk Management 75
- 4 Outpatients 79
- Evaluation 84
- Treatment 87
- Personality Disorders 89
- Management 90
- Suicide Warnings 96
- Partial Hospitalization Programs and Intensive Outpatient Programs 98
- Clinically Based Risk Management 99
- 5 Collaborative Treatment 105
- Competence, Licensure, and Insurance 111
- Confidentiality 112
- Treatment Roles 113
- Medication Management 115
- Patient Suitability 118
- Clinically Based Risk Management 119
- Appendix Sample Letter From the Psychiatrist to a Psychotherapist 123
- 6 Inpatients 125
- Complete Psychiatric Examination 132
- Suicide Risk Assessment 135
- Treatment 140
- Safety Management 145
- Discharge and Aftercare 153
- Documentation 164
- Clinically Based Risk Management 165
- 7 Emergency Psychiatric Services 173
- Assessment 177
- Management 183
- Clinically Based Risk Management 187
- 8 Suicide Aftermath: Documentation, Confidentiality, and Survivor Care 191
- Documentation 194
- Confidentiality 198
- Patient Records 204
- Suicide Aftermath 206
- Aftercare for Suicide Survivors 209
- Clinically Based Risk Management 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1585621226
- 1585621706
- OCLC:
- 52639329
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