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Record Nr.

UNISA996197707003316

Autore

Kutcher Stan <1951, >

Titolo

Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals / / Dr. Stan Kutcher, Dr. Sonia Chehil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-281-32212-1

9786611322120

0-470-76496-1

0-470-75093-6

0-470-75033-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Disciplina

616.858445

Soggetti

Suicide - Prevention

Suicide - Risk factors

Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Healh Professionals; 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; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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