This highly practical book explains how to identify and manage suicidal individuals and supports the health professional in assisting the patient to choose life rather than death.

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Wiley-VCH GmbH
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DE 69469 Weinheim

InhaltsangabeIntroduction, 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 Postsuicide 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 6ITEM Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale: KADS, 142 Appendix C My Safety Plan, 144 Index, 147

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