Suicide Prevention - Stahl''s Handbooks

A practical and easy-to-use guide for healthcare professionals on the prevention, assessment and treatment of people at risk of suicide.

List of contents

Part I. Suicide Prevention Overview: 1. Translating Science into Action; 2. Dispelling Myths; 3. Public Health Model of Suicide; 4. Understanding Why: Drivers of Suicide Risk; Part II. Clinical Risk Assessment and Care: 5. Collaborative Connections; 6. Prevention Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment; 7. Responding to Suicide Risk; 8. Extending Care Beyond the Individual; 9 .Use of Medications in Suicide Prevention; 10. Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Systems; Part III. Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations: 11. Medicolegal Risk Management; 12.The Role of Culture and Societal Factors; 13. Youth and Adolescents; 14. Military and Veterans; 15. Older Adults; 16. LGBT Populations; 17. Suicide Loss Survivors.

About the author

Christine Moutier, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New York. Christine Moutier is Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and an international leader in the field of suicide prevention.Anthony Pisani, University of Rochester, New York. Anthony Pisani is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester in New York, and founder of SafeSide Prevention, which partners with States and local healthcare organizations to engage, educate, and support their workforce in suicide prevention.Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego. Stephen M. Stahl is Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California, Riverside, and Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Yu Moutier, Christine Yu Pisani Moutier, Anthony R Pisani, Anthony R. Pisani, Anthony R. (University of Rochester Medical Center Pisani, Stephen M Stahl, Stephen M. Stahl, Stephen M. (University of California Stahl, Stahl Stephen M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108463621
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46362-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology Handbooks
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Mental Health, Nursing, Psychiatry, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, Medicolegal issues