Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals
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Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals
Blackwell, 2007
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Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals provides health professionals with the tools to recognize, assess, and manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient and presents important information regarding the epidemiology, risk factors and associated aspects of suicide. This book: * Introduces the Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR) and provides instruction on how to use it appropriately in the clinic * Features a continued self study program, the Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG), to assess clinical evaluation skills without running the risk of mishandling a suicidal patient * Makes effective use of bulleted lists, tables and flowcharts to describe how to use the many factors to assess the risk of suicide in an individual patient * Contains a summary card at the back of the book that provides an "at a glance" guide to the assessment process.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Objectives. 1 Understanding Suicide Risk. 2 Suicide Risk Assessment. 3 Putting it All Together: The Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR). 4 Suicide and Youth. 5 Commonly Encountered Problems in the Evaluation of Suicide Risk. 6 Suicide Prevention. 7 Suicide Intervention. 8 Post-Suicide Interventions. 9 Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study. Appendices. 1. Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG). 2. Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR). 3. 6-item Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS). 4. Chehil and Kutcher Clinical Assessment of Adolescent Depression (CAAD). Index
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