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Clinical Manual for the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients.

Challenging the underlying assumption that suicidal behavior can be predicted and controlled, the authors conceptualize suicidality as problem-solving behavior to which an individual resorts when other options seem to have failed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chiles, John A.
Otros Autores: Strosahl, Kirk D., Roberts, Laura Weiss
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Publishing, 2018.
Edición:2nd ed.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; 1 Dimensions of Suicidal Behavior; Lived Experiences With Suicidality; Can Suicide Be Predicted?; The Role of Psychiatric Disorders; The Role of Personality Characteristics; The Role of Environmental Factors; The Role of Genetics; The Role of Biochemistry; The Role of Medical Illness; Conclusion; 2 The Clinician's Emotions, Values, Legal Exposure, and Ethics: Global Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Patients; Understanding Your Emotional Responses to Suicidal Behavior; Morals- and Values-Based Stances on Suicide.
  • More Self-ExaminationsLegal and Risk Management Issues; Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Suicidal Patients; Ethical Guidelines for the Treatment of Suicidal Patients; 3 A Basic Model of Suicidal Behavior: A Learning-Based Problem-Solving Approach; The Role of Mental Pain; The Patient's Relationship to Suffering; The Role of Avoidance-Based Coping; The Role of Learning and Reinforcement; The Role of Short-Term Versus Long-Term Consequences; Final Comments; 4 Assessment and Case Conceptualization: Fundamental Components of Effective Treatment.
  • Prediction (and Prevention) of Suicide: Clinical Lore Versus Clinical ResearchRisk Prediction Systems: Beware of Smoke and Mirrors; A New Approach to Assessing Suicidal Behavior; Using Assessment to Reframe Suicidal Behavior; Using Self-Monitoring to Study Suicidal Behavior; Using Self-Monitoring to Decrease Reactivity; Building a Collaborative Set; Using Self-Report Measures; Case Conceptualization and Treatment Formulation; 5 Outpatient Interventions With Suicidal Patients: Promoting Acceptance and Value-Based Problem Solving; Overview of Basic Principles; Letting Go of Polarities.
  • The Role of Suicidal Behavior in TherapyInitial Contact: Treatment Starts in the First Minute; The Early Phase of Treatment; Changing Reactions to Trigger Situations; Focusing on Workability; Encouraging Behavioral Experiments; Avoiding Clinical Pitfalls; Considering Session Logistics and Course of Treatment; Goals of Continuing Treatment; Terminating Treatment: Building for the Future; Conclusion; 6 Suicidal Behavior and Use of Psychotropic Medications; Medications and the Suicidal Patient; Case Management in Microcosm: The Prescribing Physician-Therapist-Patient Triangle.
  • 7 The Repetitiously Suicidal Patient: An Intervention Approach for High-Risk PatientsSuicide, Attempted Suicide, and Parasuicide; A Functional Contextual Perspective on Multiproblem Patients; Working With the Multiproblem Patient; Clinical Strategies for Working With Multiproblem Patients; Clinical Management of Suicidal Crises; 8 Managing Suicidal Emergencies: Using Crisis to Create Positive Change; Working Through Suicidal Crises: Five Principles; Strategies for Working Through Escalating Suicidal Behavior; Using Suicidal Crises to Promote Growth.