Suicide Risk Management

A Manual for Health Professionals

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  • Suicide
  • Risk
  • Management:
  • A
  • Manual
  • for
  • Health
  • Professionals
  • is
  • a
  • short,
  • clearly
  • written
  • book
  • that
  • provides
  • practical
  • guidance
  • on
  • how
  • to
  • manage
  • the
  • suicidal
  • or
  • potentially
  • suicidal
  • patient.
  • Written
  • by
  • two
  • expert
  • teachers,
  • the
  • book
  • has
  • been
  • used
  • in
  • courses
  • for
  • trainee
  • psychiatrists
  • and
  • for
  • health
  • professionals
  • throughout
  • the
  • world.
  • Feedback
  • from
  • participants
  • on
  • these
  • courses
  • has
  • informed
  • revision
  • of
  • the
  • new
  • edition.
  • This
  • book
  • is
  • of
  • interest
  • for
  • all
  • mental
  • health
  • professionals
  • who
  • come
  • into
  • contact
  • with
  • patients
  • who
  • present
  • with
  • suicide
  • potential,
  • i.e.
  • all
  • mental
  • health
  • professionals,
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • general
  • health
  • professionals
  • who
  • are
  • often
  • the
  • first
  • point
  • of
  • contact
  • for
  • a
  • suicidal
  • patient.The
  • book
  • opens
  • with
  • a
  • review
  • of
  • the
  • epidemiology,
  • risk
  • factors
  • and
  • associated
  • aspects
  • of
  • suicide.
  • It
  • then
  • presents
  • two
  • assessment
  • tools:
  • The
  • Tool
  • for
  • Assessment
  • of
  • Suicide
  • Risk
  • (TASR)
  • provides
  • instruction
  • on
  • how
  • to
  • use
  • it
  • appropriately
  • in
  • the
  • clinic.
  • The
  • Suicide
  • Risk
  • Assessment
  • Guide
  • (SRAG)
  • acts
  • as
  • a
  • self-study
  • program
  • to
  • asess
  • clinical
  • evaluation
  • skills.
  • Both
  • tools
  • were
  • created
  • for
  • use
  • in
  • the
  • authors’
  • own
  • practice
  • and
  • are
  • now
  • successfully
  • taught
  • to
  • and
  • used
  • by
  • health
  • professionals
  • around
  • the
  • world.
  • Refined
  • through
  • actual
  • experience,
  • these
  • proven
  • tools
  • help
  • assess
  • and
  • evaluate
  • patients
  • with
  • confidence.Case
  • vignettes
  • allow
  • the
  • reader
  • to
  • practice
  • using
  • the
  • information
  • they
  • have
  • learned
  • from
  • the
  • book.Throughout
  • the
  • book,
  • bulleted
  • lists,
  • tables
  • and
  • flowcharts
  • effectively
  • describe
  • how
  • to
  • use
  • the
  • many
  • factors
  • to
  • assess
  • the
  • risk
  • of
  • suicide
  • in
  • an
  • individual patient.
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