Research Catalog

Title

The suicidal patient : principles of assessment, treatment, and case management / John A. Chiles, Kirk Strosahl.

Author

Chiles, John.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

Strosahl, Kirk, 1950-

Description

xi, 282 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Suicide, Attempted > prevention & control
• Psychotherapy
• Affective Symptoms > therapy
• Suicide > Prevention
• Suicidal behavior > Treatment
• Suicide, Attempted > psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-270) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: The Dimensions of Suicidal Behavior -- 2. Examine Your Attitudes: Affective, Ethical, and Legal Issues in the Treatment of the Suicidal Patient -- 3. Assessing Suicidal Potential: Myths and Realities -- 4. The Origin of Suicidal Behavior: A Basic Clinical Framework -- 5. Outpatient Interventions With the Suicidal Patient -- 6. The Clinician's Attitude and Behavior: The Medium Is the Message -- 7. Crisis and Case Management With Recurrent Suicidal Behavior -- 8. Inpatient Treatment of the Suicidal Patient -- 9. The Repetitiously Suicidal Patient: A Health Care Dilemma -- 10. The Suicidal Patient in General Health Care -- 11. Special Populations, Special Settings, Special Techniques -- Appendix 1: Philosophies About Suicide -- Appendix 2: Consequences of Suicidal Behavior -- Appendix 3: Reasons for Living Inventory Items -- Appendix 4: Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors Questionnaire.

ISBN

088048554X (alk. paper)

LCCN

94041298

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries