Suicide Risk Management. a Manual for Health Professionals

Description

This highly practical book explains how to identify and manage suicidal individuals and supports the health professional in assisting the patient to choose life rather than death.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Objectives

1. Importance of Suicide Awareness & Assessment
2. Understanding Suicide Risk
3. Suicide Risk Assessment
4. Putting It All Together:Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASRm)
5. Special Topics in Understanding & Evaluating Suicide Risk
6. Suicide Prevention
7. Suicide Intervention
8. Post-suicide Intervention – Caring for the Survivor
9. Care for the Carer: Death of a Patient by Suicide
10. Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study

• Appendices
1. TASR
2. 6-KADS
3. My Safety Plan
• Index