Suicide : guidelines for assessment, management, and treatment /
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. |
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| Description: | xx, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1387981 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Theory and Research. 1. What Do Suicides Have in Common? Summary of the Psychological Approach / Edwin S. Shneidman. 2. Review of Empirical Risk Factors for Evaluation of the Suicidal Patient / David C. Clark and Jan Fawcett. 3. Clinical Applications of Biological Aspects of Suicide / Jerome A. Motto
- II. Special Populations. 4. Suicidal Behavior of Children / Mae S. Sokol and Cynthia R. Pfeffer. 5. Suicidal Behavior of Adolescents / Allan L. Berman and David A. Jobes. 6. Suicide of the Elderly / John L. McIntosh
- III. Assessment. 7. Psychological Testing for Potentially Suicidal Individuals / James R. Eyman and Susanne Kohn Eyman. 8. Structured Clinical Assessment of Suicide Risk in Emergency Room and Hospital Settings / Robert I. Yufit and Bruce Bongar. 9. Psychodynamic Approaches to the Assessment and Management of Suicide / Christopher G. Lovett and John T. Maltsberger. 10. Guidelines for Handling the Suicidal Patient: A Cognitive Perspective / Robert J. Berchick and Fred D. Wright. 11. Psychopharmacotherapy of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior / Andrew Edmund Slaby and Larry E. Dumont. 12. Decision to Hospitalize and Alternatives to Hospitalization / Betsy S. Comstock
- V. Postvention, Training, and Legal Issues. 13. Following a Suicide: Postvention / Edward J. Dunne. 14. Forensic Suicidology: Litigation of Suicide Cases and Equivocal Deaths / Ronald W. Maris. 15. Training and Supervisory Issues in the Assessment and Management of the Suicidal Patient / Bruce Bongar, James W. Lomax and Mort Harmatz. 16. Guidelines for Risk Management in the Care of the Suicidal Patient / Bruce Bongar.