The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management
Edited by Robert I. Simon, M.D., and Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A.
Suicide risk assessment is a core competency that mental health professionals are expected to acquire during their training, yet the reality of potential suicides can prove daunting for busy practitioners faced with an overload of information on the subject. This book meets that challenge head-on by providing clinically useful information for anyone encountering patients at risk for suicide. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management calls on the authority of 40 expert contributors—including members of the APA's Workgroup on Suicidal Behaviors, who developed the APA Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors—reflecting a wide range of clinical and forensic experience. The authors provide informative cases accompanied by analysis that integrates clinical findings with textual discussion, along with chapter-end "key points," in order to help practitioners
- understand demographic, gender, and cultural variables in suicide risk
- use psychological tests and scales in assessment
- assess risk in special populations, such as children and adolescents and the elderly, and jail and prison inmates
- determine treatment options: psychopharmacological/ECT, psychodynamic, and collaborative (or "split") treatment
- manage suicide risk in the context of major mental disorders (depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders), with specific guidelines for risk assessment
- address suicide risk in outpatient, emergency, and inpatient and partial hospitalization settings, patient safety versus freedom of movement, and strategies for increasing the safety factor in various aspects of practice
In addition to addressing the many facets of patient care—including cautioning against a suicide risk factor created by limitations of benefits in managed-care situations—the book also discusses clinician care: how practitioners can cope with the anxiety and fatigue arising from treating suicidal patients, the professional's role following a patient's suicide, legal issues involving standard of care and liability, and risk management guidelines for avoiding malpractice litigation. Suicide risk exists along an ever-changing continuum. This book underscores that risk assessment is a process, not an event. It clearly shows how sound assessment can lead to more effective management of patients at high risk for suicide.
Contents
Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Assessment Principles. Suicide risk: assessing the unpredictable. Part I: Special Populations. Children and adolescents. The elderly. Suicide and gender. Social, cultural, and demographic factors in suicide. Suicide prevention in jails and prisons. Part II: Suicide Risk Assessment: Special Issues. Cultural competence in suicide risk assessment. Psychological testing in suicide risk management. Part III: Treatment. Psychopharmacological treatment and electroconvulsive therapy. Psychodynamic treatment. Split treatment. Part IV: Major Mental Disorders. Depressive disorders. Bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia. Anxiety disorders. Personality disorders. Substance-related disorders. Part V: Treatment Settings. Outpatient treatment. Emergency services. Inpatient treatment and partial hospitalization. Part VI: Patient Safety. Patient safety versus freedom of movement: coping with uncertainty. Safety interventions. Part VII: Aftermath of Suicide and Psychiatrist Reactions. Aftermath of suicide: the clinician's role. Psychiatrist reactions to patient suicide. Part VIII: Special Topics. Combined murder-suicide. Legal perspective on suicide assessment and management. Patient suicide and litigation. Clinically based risk management of the suicidal patient: avoiding malpractice litigation. Appendix. Index.
Contributors
Sara E. Allison, M.D.
Peter Ash, M.D.
Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D.
Bruce Bongar, Ph.D., ABPP, FAPM
Margaret Brewer, R.N., M.B.A.
Beth S. Brodsky, Ph.D.
Frank R. Campbell, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., C.T.
Juan Jose Carballo, M.D.
Cameron S. Carter, M.D.
John A. Chiles, M.D.
Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Jan Fawcett, M.D.
Laura J. Fochtmann, M.D.
Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
Michael Gitlin, M.D.
Liza H. Gold, M.D.
Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A.
Lindsay M. Hayes, M.S.
Marnin J. Heisel, Ph.D.
Donald Hilty, M.D.
Eric Hollander, M.D.
Leslie Horton, M.D., Ph.D.
Douglas G. Jacobs, M.D.
H. Florence Kim, M.D.
Martin Leamon, M.D.
Hallie A. Lightdale, M.D.
Avram H. Mack, M.D.
Carl P. Malmquist, M.D., M.S.
John T. Maltsberger, M.D.
Lauren B. Marangell, M.D.
Daryl Matthews, M.D., Ph.D.
Herbert Meltzer, M.D.
Jeffrey L. Metzner, M.D.
Donald J. Meyer, M.D.
Maria A. Oquendo, M.D.
Cynthia R. Pfeffer, M.D.
Maurizio Pompili, M.D.
Phillip J. Resnick, M.D.
Charles L. Scott, M.D.
Daniel W. Shuman, J.D.
Daphne Simeon, M.D.
Robert I. Simon, M.D.
Gregory Sokolov, M.D.
Barbara Stanley, Ph.D.
Kirk D. Strosahl, Ph.D.
Glenn R. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Leonardo Tondo, M.D.
Sheila Wendler, M.D.
Jong H. Yoon, M.D.
Stuart Yudofsky, M.D.
Reviews
"Dr. Robert I. Simon has done it again! He has joined with Dr. Robert E. Hales to provide us with a most comprehensive textbook. The authors of the various chapters are some of the finest clinicians and writers on suicide. This is a very readable and complete textbook that has both breadth and depth with respect to the subject of suicide. It is a welcome addition to every psychiatrist's library."—Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., Director, Center for Studies in Legal Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"From the book's distinguished list of contributors to its vastly experienced editors, we expect the highest quality—and we get it. The content ranges from the usual topics in the field to cultural, forensic and safety issues, as well as the aftereffects and impact of suicide on those most affected. This publication achieves the vital ‘three C's’ demanded of any textbook: it is comprehensive, clinical and clear."—Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Detailed but focused and direct, a well-crafted textbook on suicide is the product of editors Simon and Hales and 41 coauthors. [The Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management] will be useful to a wide swatch of clinical practice for those encountering the actively suicidal patient, survivors, caregivers, and public policy participants."—Journal of American Medical Association, September 13, 2006
About the Authors
Robert I. Simon, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A. is Joe P. Turpin Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Mental Health Services of the County of Sacramento in Sacramento, California.
Ordering Information
2006 · 688 pages · ISBN 9781585622139 · Hardcover · $104.00 · Item #62213 Buy this title NOW!
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