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Suicide Prevention

A Practical Guide for the Practitioner

von: Tatiana Falcone, Jane Timmons-Mitchell
106,99 €
Verlag:	Springer
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	18.05.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9783319743912
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

<div>This volume is a guide for the hospital workforce related to suicide prevention.  Written by experts in the field, this text is the only one that also includes the revised DSM-5 guidelines.  It is also the first to cover both prevention in one concise guide, offering a well-rounded approach to long- and short-term prevention. </div><div><br></div><div>The book begins by establishing the neurobiology of suicide before discussing the populations at risk for suicide and the various environments where they may present.  The book addresses the epidemiology, including groups at heightened risk; etiology, including several types of risk factors; prevention, including large-scale community-based activities; and postvention, including the few evidence-based approaches that are currently available. Unlike any other text on the market, this book does not simply focus on one particular demographic; rather, the book covers a wide range of populations and concerns, includingsuicide in youths, racial minorities, patients suffering from serious mental and physical illnesses, psychopharmacological treatment in special populations, and a wide array of challenging scenarios that are often not addressed in the very few up-to-date resources available.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Suicide Prevention </i>is an outstanding resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, hospitalists, primary care doctors, nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals who may interface with suicidal patients.</div><br>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<p>Introduction.- Chapter 1: Neurobiology of Suicide Chapter.- Chapter 2: Mood Disorders and Suicide.- Chapter 3: Psychosis and Suicide.- Special Populations.- Chapter 4: Suicide in Children.- Chapter 5: Substance Abuse and Suicide.- Chapter 6: Suicide in Children and Adults with Epilepsy: A Complex Relationship.- Chapter 7: Suicide in Chronic Pain Patients: Risk Factors and Clinical Considerations.- Medical Services.- Chapter 8: Primary Care Behavioral Health.- Chapter 9: Suicide Risk Assessment Tools and Management in the Emergency Department.- Chapter 10: The Darkness at the End of Life: Suicide in Palliative Care Settings.- Prevention.- Chapter 11: Suicide Prevention: A primer for healthcare professionals.- Chapter 12: Preventing Suicide in Hospital-Based Care.- Chapter 13: Gatekeeper Training to Prevent Suicide in the Emergency Department and in Primary Care.- Chapter 14: Medical Student Suicide: An Assessment of Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies.- Chapter 15: Teaching Psychiatry Residents about Suicide Prevention and Postvention.- Chapter 16: Understanding Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Suicide: A Primer for Preventing Suicide in Physicians.</p>

Autorenportrait

<div>Tatiana Falcone, M.D., FAPA, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic</div><div><br></div><div>Jane Timmons-Mitchell, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

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<div><div>The book begins by establishing the neurobiology of suicide before discussing the populations at risk for suicide and the various environments where they may present.  The book addresses the epidemiology, including groups at heightened risk; etiology, including several types of risk factors; prevention, including large-scale community-based activities; and postvention, including the few evidence-based approaches that are currently available. Unlike any other text on the market, this book does not simply focus on one particular demographic; rather, the book covers a wide range of populations and concerns, including suicide in youths, racial minorities, patients suffering from serious mental and physical illnesses, psychopharmacological treatment in special populations, and a wide array of challenging scenarios that are often not addressed in the very few up-to-date resources available.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Suicide Prevention </i>is an outstanding resource forpsychiatrists, psychologists, hospitalists, primary care doctors, nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals who may interface with suicidal patients.</div></div><div><br></div>

Sonderbeitrag

Includes current DSM-5 guidelines Written by experts in the field The first book to cover both prevention The only up-to-date text to present a broad overview of suicide from a concise and practical standpoint

Verkaufsargumente

Includes current DSM-5 guidelines<div><br></div><div>Written by experts in the field</div><div><br></div><div>The first book to cover both prevention </div><div><br></div><div>The only up-to-date text to present a broad overview of suicide from a concise and practical standpoint</div>