Lifelines, clinical perspectives on suicide
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Lifelines, clinical perspectives on suicide
Plenum Press, c1982
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Suicide is a source of endless disquiet. One of the few fatal consequences of psychiatric illness, it is a threat to patients, and a vexation to therapists that puts clinical judgment to the ultimate test. It arouses countertransference reactions of unusual intensity-helplessness and guilt when the suicide is successful; anxiety and anger when it is used as a manipulative tool. For as Samuel Johnson was aware when he com- mented that many "commit suicide, as a passionate man will stab an- other," it is not only an escape from hopeless despair but an expression of the most violent rage. To all those who care for suicidal patients, this book will come as a welcome guide. Each of the authors represented here brings a wealth of clinical expe- rience to bear on the subject under discussion. The psychological and bi- ological determinants of depression are simply and clearly delineated to provide a basis for understanding the processes underlying suicide, for judging its likelihood, and for preventing its occurrence.
Detailed de- scriptions of the variety of psychological and pharmacological treatments of the suicidal patient are complemented by extensive discussions of the several settings in which such patients will be encountered, whether these be an in-patient unit, an out-patient clinic, a medical ward, an emergency room, or a private office.
Table of Contents
The Extent of the Problem.- I. Assessment Issues.- 1. Vulnerability to Suicide.- 2. General Principles of Assessment.- II. Therapeutic Approaches 1: Methods for Immediate Containment.- 3. Crisis Therapies.- 4. Pharmacotherapy of the Suicidal Patient.- III. Therapeutic Approaches 2: Issues in Psychotherapy.- 5. Outpatient Therapies for Suicidal Patients.- 6. The Moment of Truth: Psychotherapy with the Suicidal Patient.- 7. The Stress of Therapy.- IV. Setting and Staffing Issues.- 8. Care of the Suicidal Patient in the Emergency Setting.- 9. Care, Containment, and Countertransference: Managing the Suicidal Patient in Medical Settings.- 10. Intensive Care for Suicidal Patients.- 11. Nursing Issues.- 12. The Role of the Social Worker.- 13. Suicidal Patients and the Therapist-in-Training.- V. Childhood and Adolescent Suicide.- 14. Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents.- VI. Legal Issues.- 15. Suicide: A Legal Perspective.- 16. Clinical Comment.
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