Suicide-related behaviour [[electronic resource] ] : understanding, caring and therapeutic responses / / Columba McLaughlin

• Autore: McLaughlin Columba
• Pubblicazione: Chichester ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.858445
• Soggetto topico: Suicidal behavior; Suicidal behavior - Psychological aspects; Suicidal behavior - Treatment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A personal reflection on suicide-related behaviour -- Contemporary issues in suicide-related behaviour -- Clarifying the terminology -- The concept of suicide-related behaviour -- The descent into crisis -- Responding to crisis -- Caring responses to suicide-related behaviour -- Therapeutic responses to suicide-related behaviour.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book is an attempt to make sense of suicide related behaviour in terms of understanding its aetiology and how practitioners can respond in a caring and therapeutic manner. The last 30 years the data gathered has consistently indicated that suicide is a leading cause of death in young people especially men. Alongside this, the incidence of self harm, which has always been high, does not seem to be abating. Some professionals argue that attempted suicide and self harm are both the same entity. This book puts forward that they are two sides of the same coin and this coin is called suicide-rel
• Titolo autorizzato: Suicide-related behaviour
• ISBN: 1-280-94128-6; 9786610941285; 0-470-69777-6; 0-470-51241-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143309703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II