Clinical Manual for Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients (EPUB) von John A. Chiles

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.

About the AuthorsPrefaceChapter 1. Dimensions of Suicidal BehaviorChapter 2. The Clinician's Emotions, Values, Legal Exposure, and Ethics: Global Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal PatientsChapter 3. A Basic Model of Suicidal Behavior: A Learning-Based Problem-Solving ApproachChapter 4. Assessment and Case Conceptualization: Fundamental Components of Effective TreatmentChapter 5. Outpatient Interventions With Suicidal Patients: Promoting Acceptance and Value-Based Problem SolvingChapter 6. Suicidal Behavior and Use of Psychotropic MedicationsChapter 7. The Repetitiously Suicidal Patient: An Intervention Approach for High-Risk PatientsChapter 8. Managing Suicidal Emergencies: Using Crisis to Create Positive ChangeChapter 9. Hospitals and Suicidal Behavior: A Complex RelationshipChapter 10. Suicidality and Special PopulationsChapter 11. Suicidal Patients in Primary Care: Responding to the ChallengeAppendix A: Philosophies About SuicideAppendix B: Consequences of Suicidal Behavior QuestionnaireAppendix C: Reasons for Living InventoryAppendix D: Malpractice Management AssessmentAppendix E: Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors QuestionnaireIndex