Suicide Risk Management (eBook)

A Manual for Health Professionals

Sonia Chehil, Stanley P. Kutcher (Autoren)

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2012 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-95311-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals
is a short, clearly written book that provides practical guidance
on how to manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient.
Written by two expert teachers, the book has been used in courses
for trainee psychiatrists and for health professionals throughout
the world. Feedback from participants on these courses has informed
revision of the new edition. This book is of interest for all
mental health professionals who come into contact with patients who
present with suicide potential, i.e. all mental health
professionals, as well as general health professionals who are
often the first point of contact for a suicidal patient.

The book opens with a review of the epidemiology, risk factors
and associated aspects of suicide. It then presents two assessment
tools: The Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR) provides
instruction on how to use it appropriately in the clinic. The
Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG) acts as a self-study program
to asess clinical evaluation skills. Both tools were created for
use in the authors' own practice and are now successfully
taught to and used by health professionals around the world.
Refined through actual experience, these proven tools help assess
and evaluate patients with confidence.

Case vignettes allow the reader to practice using the
information they have learned from the book.

Throughout the book, bulleted lists, tables and flowcharts
effectively describe how to use the many factors to assess the risk
of suicide in an individual patient.

Autor

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. 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.

Inhalt

Introduction, vii

Objectives, ix

1 The Importance of Suicide Awareness and Assessment, 1

2 Understanding Suicide Risk, 13

3 Suicide Risk Assessment, 56

4 Putting It All Together: Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR), 88

5 Special Topics in Understanding and Evaluating Suicide Risk, 94

6 Suicide Prevention, 110

7 Suicide Intervention, 115

8 Post-suicide Intervention: Caring for Survivors, 123

9 Care for the Carer: Death of a Patient by Suicide, 130

10 Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study, 135

Appendix A Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR), 140

Appendix B 6-ITEM Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale: KADS, 142

Appendix C My Safety Plan, 144

Index, 147

Rezensionen

"This manual is a scholarly and comprehensive approach to suicide. Chehil and Kutcher write in a clear, organized, and engaging style that encourages the reader of any level of experience to explore their own knowledge about suicide.I highly recommend this book to health professional." (Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2013)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.1.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
• Schlagworte: Allgemeinpraxis, hausärztliche Praxis • Allgemeinpraxis, hausärztliche Praxis • Book • Clinical psychology • Courses • Edition • Expert • Feedback • General Practice/Family Practice • Health • Klinische Psychologie • Manual • Medical Science • Medizin • New • participants • Patient • potentially • Practical • Professionals • provides • Psychiatrie • psychiatrists • Psychiatry • Psychologie • Psychology • Revision • Risk • Short • Suicidal • Teachers • throughout • Trainee • two
• ISBN-10: 1-119-95311-1 / 1119953111
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-95311-1 / 9781119953111