Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals. The book first covers the need for professionals to examine their own personal experiences and fears around suicide, moves into essential areas of risk assessment, safety planning, a…
Suicide remains all too common in the United States. As the ninth leading cause of death--responsible for 30,000 deaths annually--it is also one of the more preventable causes of death. Increasingly, mental health clinicians must care for suicidal patients within managed care sy…
It offers practical guidance on how to improve care and reduce risk for suicidal patients. Inpatient versus outpatient treatments, alternative programs such as cognitive-behavioral strategies, adolescent suicide, suicide and substance abuse, and a step-by-step process for counse…