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…
Children & disasters
by Farberow, Norman L., Gordon, Norma S., Maida, Carl A.
fromThe series in trauma and loss
"The quality of the therapeutic alliance is a well-established factor for successful therapy process and outcome. When it comes to treating suicidal patients, a strong therapeutic alliance can quite literally save a person's life. In this book, editors Konrad Michel and David A.…
A case-based approach to emergency psychiatry
Suizidalität
by Wewetzer, Christoph, Quaschner, Kurt
fromLeitfaden Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapie
Nach Verkehrsunfällen ist der Suizid bei Jugendlichen in Deutschland die zweithäufigste Todesursache. Kinder- und jugendpsychiatrische Kliniken mit Versorgungsauftrag werden nahezu täglich mit der Frage konfrontiert, ob bei einem Kind oder Jugendlichen Suizidalität vorliegt und …