Kutcher, Stanley P.

Suicide risk management : a manual for health professionals / Stan Kutcher & Sonia Chehil. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2006. - 136 p.

The tool for assessment of suicide risk: TASR (1 leaf) inserted in pocket. Includes index.

Understanding suicide risk -- Suicide risk assessment -- Putting it all together : the tool for assessment of suicide risk (TASR) -- Suicide and youth -- Commonly encountered problems in the evaluation of suicide risk -- Suicide prevention -- Suicide intervention -- Post-suicide interventions -- Clinical vignettes for group or individual study.

Explains how to identify and manage suicidal individuals and supports the health professional in assisting the patient to choose life rather than death. This book provides health professionals with tools such as TASR and SRAR to recognize, assess, and manage the suicidal or potentially suicidal patient.

9781405153690 (pbk.) : £14.99




Suicide--Prevention
Suicide--Risk factors
Risk assessment.
Health and Wellbeing.
Psychology
Clinical & internal medicine
Medical specialties, branches of medicine

RC569 / .K88 2006

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