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The suicidal patient : clinical and legal standards of care / Bruce Bongar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bongar, Bruce Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suicidal behavior.
- Suicidal behavior--Treatment.
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Defensive medicine.
- Crisis Intervention.
- Suicide Prevention.
- Behavioral Symptoms--therapy.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Suicide--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Suicide--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Crisis Intervention.
- Suicide Prevention.
- Behavioral Symptoms--therapy.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Suicide--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Suicide--psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, [2002]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This book will serve as a first line of defense for the clinician. It provides information which, appropriately applied, can forestall most problems that can arise when a suicidal patient appears in a clinician's practice or in the hospital. The goal is to help the clinician treat a suicidal patient in a reasonable, sound practice with sophisticated management behaviors to optimize clinical care. B. Bongar's aim is not only to help the clinician to meet such problems, but also to point out that adherence to the principles of practice he describes in careful detail will minimize the risk and avoid the duress of legal involvement. More importantly, it will also improve the quality of care provided to patients and thus increase the potential for saving lives, which is the basic reason for the willingness of a mental health clinician to undertake a therapeutic alliance with a deeply troubled, emotionally distressed suicidal patient. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-355) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2001. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2001 dcunns.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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