Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals

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Title:

Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals

Author:

Kutcher, Stanley P.

ISBN:

9781405153690

Personal Author:

Kutcher, Stanley P.

Publication Information:

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Physical Description:

viii, 134 p. : ill., forms ; 21 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Understanding suicide risk -- Suicide risk assessment -- Putting it all together : the tool for assessment of suicide risk (TASR) -- Suicide and youth -- Commonly encountered problems in the evaluation of suicide risk -- Suicide prevention -- Suicide intervention -- Post-suicide interventions -- Clinical vignettes for group or individual study.

Subject Term:

Suicide -- Prevention.

Suicide -- Risk factors.

Risk assessment.

Suicide -- prevention & control.

Suicide -- psychology.

Risk Assessment -- methods.

Added Author:

Chehil, Sonia.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0613/2006015842.html

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Summary

Suicide Risk Management: A Manual for Health Professionals provides health professionals with the tools to recognize, assess, and manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient and presents important information regarding the epidemiology, risk factors and associated aspects of suicide. This book:

Introduces the Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR) and provides instruction on how to use it appropriately in the clinic
Features a continued self study program, the Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG), to assess clinical evaluation skills without running the risk of mishandling a suicidal patient
Makes effective use of bulleted lists, tables and flowcharts to describe how to use the many factors to assess the risk of suicide in an individual patient
Contains a summary card at the back of the book that provides an "at a glance" guide to the assessment process.