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Taylor & Francis Ltd Treatment Of Suicidal People 1994 Edition by Robert A. Neimeyer
Treatment of suicidal people takes three forms: prevention - strategies to avert conditions leading to suicide; intervention - treatment and care during the crisis; and postvention - response after the event has occurred. Unlike other current literature, here the focus is on the state of the art of intervention. This type of examination is essential, because suicidal people themselves are in need of such treatments - crisis intervention, psychotherapy, psychopharmacology and hospitalization.Written by professionals in the field, the Treatment of Suicidal People allows readers to participate in a learning experience. First is a case presentation of an individual - Arthur Inman - and his long road toward suicide, as chronicled in his personal diary. The seond section puts forth guidelines for the evaluation of suicide risk and crisis intervention. A focus on more sustained efforts in psychotherapy is next, a theme which is continued in the fourth part by addressing psychiatric issues that are essential for treatment of highly disturbed and lethal patients.The following section examines a number of clinical and legal issues that transcend any one population of suicidal people, and any particular treatment approach or context. And lastly, the volume returns to Arthur Inman, with case consultations providing alternative perspectives and recommendations on his treatment. Suicide and related forms of self-injurious behaviour can be circumvented, if the involved professionals are sufficiently trained in assessment and prevention. The Case, The Inman Diary - Some Reflections; Assessment and Crisis Intervention; A Clinical Model for Suicide Risk Assessment; Crisis Centres and Their Role in Treatment; Crisis Intervention with Highly Lethal Suicidal People; Therapeutic Approaches; Psychotherapy for Suicidal Clients; Family Therapy with Suicidal People; Treatment of the Suicidal Adolescent; Psychotherapy with Older Suicidal Adults; Gender issues in the Treatment of Suicidal People; Suicide and Terminal Illness; Psychiatric Issues; The Psychopharmacotherapy of Suicide; Hospitalization of the Suicidal Inpatients; Managing Suicidal Patients; Clinical and Legal Issues; Essential Legal Issues when Working with the Suicidal Patient; Calculated Risk-Taking in the Treatment of Suicidal Patients; The Ten Common Errors of Suicide interventions; Applications to the Case; The Inman Diary - Some Reflections on Treatment. Part contents.