Ethical and philosophical issues in suicide -- The role of culture, race, and ethnicity in suicide -- Religion and suicide -- Assessment -- Crisis intervention and suicide -- Cognitive behavior therapy and suicide -- Dialtectical behavior therapy and suicide -- Interpersonal psy…
Suicide is an event that cannot be ignored, minimized, or left untreated. However, all too often mental health professionals and health care practitioners are unprepared to treat suicidal clients. This text offers the latest guidance to frontline professionals who will likely en…
Experiences -- The problem and approach -- Hear that siren? -- It can't be done -- Shall we leave? -- Why me? -- Volunteers? : you bet! -- Organized-disorganization -- Life in a fishbowl -- What about my psyche? -- What must be done?
From the Publisher: When disaster strikes, people react, and usually, fear levels rise. Temporarily, however, one motivation supersedes all others: survival of self and those nearby, especially loved ones. Based on the author's years of research and teaching experience, The Huma…
"Restoring Civil Societies examines the role of civic engagement as a form of prosocial behavior motivated by a commitment to higher-order norms. Civic engagement--from bystander intervention to organizing collective activity--is distinguished as a collective effort by which ind…
Risk: negotiating safety in American society
With traumatic stress an increasing global challenge, the U.N., the NGO community and governments must take into account the psychological aftermath of large-scale catastrophes and individual or group violence. This volume addresses this global perspective.