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OverviewSuicide risk assessment is a core competency that mental health professionals are expected to acquire during their training, yet the reality of potential suicides can prove daunting for busy practitioners faced with an overload of information on the subject. This book meets that challenge head-on by providing clinically useful information for anyone encountering patients at risk for suicide. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management calls on the authority of 40 expert contributors?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Aincluding members of the APA's Workgroup on Suicidal Behaviors, who developed the APA Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Areflecting a wide range of clinical and forensic experience. The authors provide informative cases accompanied by analysis that integrates clinical findings with textual discussion, along with chapter-end key points, in order to help practitioners -understand demographic, gender, and cultural variables in suicide risk -use psychological tests and scales in assessment -assess risk in special populations, such as children and adolescents and the elderly, and jail and prison inmates -determine treatment options: psychopharmacological/ECT, psychodynamic, and collaborative (or split ) treatment -manage suicide risk in the context of major mental disorders (depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders), with specific guidelines for risk assessment -address suicide risk in outpatient, emergency, and inpatient and partial hospitalization settings, patient safety versus freedom of movement, and strategies for increasing the safety factor in various aspects of practice In addition to addressing the many facets of patient care?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Aincluding cautioning against a suicide risk factor created by limitations of benefits in managed-care situations?A?A?A?A?A?A?A?Athe book also discusses clinician care: how practitioners can cope with the anxiety and fatigue arising from treating suicidal patients, the professional's role following a patient's suicide, legal issues involving standard of care and liability, and risk management guidelines for avoiding malpractice litigation. Suicide risk exists along an ever-changing continuum. This book underscores that risk assessment is a process, not an event. It clearly shows how sound assessment can lead to more effective management of patients at high risk for suicide. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert I. Simon , Robert E. HalesPublisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing Imprint: American Psychiatric Press Inc. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.007kg ISBN: 9781585622139ISBN 10: 1585622133 Pages: 688 Publication Date: 15 February 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> Detailed but focused and direct, a well-crafted textbook on suicide is the product of editors Simon and Hales and 41 coauthors. [ The Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management ] will be useful to a wide swatch of clinical practice for those encountering the actively suicidal patient, survivors, caregivers, and public policy participants. -- Journal of American Medical Association , September 13, 2006 Author InformationRobert I. Simon, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A. is Joe P. Turpin Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Mental Health Services of the County of Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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