Assessment, treatment, and prevention of suicidal behavior / / edited by Robert I. Yufit and David Lester

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (502 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/844506
• Soggetto topico: Suicidal behavior - Diagnosis; Suicidal behavior - Treatment; Suicide - Prevention
• Altri autori: YufitRobert I. <1930-> LesterDavid <1942->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; Contents; Foreword; About the Editors; Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART ONE Screening and Assessment; 2 Clinical Use of Suicide Assessment Scales: Enhancing Reliability and Validity through the Therapeutic Relationship; 3 Assessment of Suicide: Beck's Scales for Assessing Mood and Suicidality; 4 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI/MMPI-2, MMPI-A) and Suicide; 5 Rorschach Contributions to Assessment of Suicide Risk; 6 Assessing the Vital Balance in Evaluating Suicidal Potential ; PART TWO Intervention and Treatment of Suicidality7 The Classic Systems of Psychotherapy and Suicidal Behavior; 8 Crisis Intervention in the Context of Outpatient Treatment of Suicidal Patients; 9 No-Suicide Contracts; 10 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Suicidal Patients; 11 Voice Therapy: A Treatment for Depression and Suicide; 12 Dialectical Behavior Therapy; 13 The Widening Scope of Family Therapy for the Elderly; 14 Group Therapy and Suicide; PART THREE Special Issues; 15 Easing the Legacy of Suicide; 16 Coping with Suicide in the Schools: The Art and the Research ; 17 Helping College Students Cope with Suicidal Impulses18 Suicide Terrorism; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Current and comprehensive information concerning the assessment and treatment of suicidal persons and the prevention of suicidal behavior The eighth leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause among U.S. teens, suicide is unique in being self-inflicted and is, as such, often preventable. By assessing the risk of suicide accurately, providing effective treatment according to this risk, and implementing strategies against suicidal urges, mental health professionals can successfully guide their clients away from this senseless taking of life. Assessment, Treatm
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessment, treatment, and prevention of suicidal behavior
• ISBN: 1-280-26511-6; 9786610265114; 0-471-68485-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810643903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II