Clinical manual for assessment and treatment of suicidal patients / John A. Chiles, Kirk D. Strosahl, Laura Weiss Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiles, John, author.

Strosahl, Kirk, 1950- author.

Roberts, Laura Weiss, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicidal behavior--Diagnosis.

Suicidal behavior.

Suicidal behavior--Treatment.

Suicide--Prevention.

Suicide.

Suicide--psychology.

Suicide Prevention.

Medical Subjects:

Suicide--psychology.

Suicide Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

Challenging the underlying assumption that suicidal behavior can be predicted and controlled, the authors conceptualize suicidality as problem-solving behavior to which an individual resorts when other options seem to have failed.

Contents:

Dimensions of suicidal behavior

The clinician's emotions, values, legal exposure, and ethics : global issues in the treatment of suicidal patients

A basic model of suicidal behavior : a problem-solving model of suicidal behavior

Assessment and case conceptualization : fundamental components of effective treatment

Outpatient interventions with suicidal patients : caring for suicidal patients outside of the hospital

Suicidal behavior and use of psychotropic medications

The repetitiously suicidal patient : evaluation, intervention and crisis response

Managing suicidal emergencies : using crisis to create positive change

Hospitals and suicidal behavior : a complex relationship

Suicidality and special populations

Suicidal patients in primary care : responding to the challenge.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61537-898-7

1-61537-202-4

OCLC:

1056072152