Preventing patient suicide : clinical assessment and management / Robert I. Simon.

Author/creator Simon, Robert I.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Suicide--Prevention.
Suicide--Risk factors.
Suicidal behavior--Risk factors.
Suicide--prevention & control.
Mental Disorders--complications.
Mentally Ill Persons--psychology.
Patients--psychology.
Risk Assessment--methods.

Contents Suicide risk assessment : a gateway to treatment and management -- Enhancing suicide risk assessment through evidence-based psychiatry -- Assessing and enhancing protective factors against suicide -- Behavioral risk assessment of the guarded suicidal patient -- Psychiatric disorders and suicide risk -- Sudden improvement in patients at high risk for suicide : real or feigned? -- Patients at acute and chronic high risk suicide : crisis management -- Safety management of the patient at risk for suicide : coping with uncertainty -- Gun safety management of suicidal patients : a collaborative approach -- Suicide risk assessment forms : clinician beware -- Imminent suicide, passive suicidal ideation, and other intractable myths -- Quality assurance review of suicide risk assessments : reality and remedy -- Therapeutic risk management of the patient at risk for suicide : clinical-legal dilemmas.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010026853
ISBN9781585629343 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1585629340 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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