A Comprehensive Guide to Suicidal Behaviours
Working with Individuals at Risk and their Families
David Aldridge and Sergio Pérez Barrero
Paperback: £21.99 / $37.95
2012, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-025-8, BIC 2: JHBZ
JMF
1. Introduction; the individual in a process of escalating distress. 2. Suicidal behaviour in a historical context. 3. Classifications of suicide. 4. Myths about suicide. 5. Talking about suicidal ideas. 6. Suicide risk groups. 7. Protective factors in suicidal behaviour. 8. Family problems. 9. The survivor and complicated grief. 10. Psychotherapy for suicidal people in crisis. 11. The Internet: new possibilities, problems and challenges in the prevention of suicide. 12. Recommendations for a suicide prevention strategy. Appendix 1. A model of the systemic management of distress. Appendix 2. Glossary of terms. Useful reading.
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Keywords
- adults,
- alcohol,
- bereavement,
- bullying,
- child protection,
- children,
- counselling,
- death,
- depression,
- families,
- grief,
- group psychotherapy,
- mental health,
- mental illness,
- older people,
- palliative care,
- pastoral care,
- psychiatry,
- psychology,
- psychotherapy,
- relationships,
- risk assessment,
- self esteem,
- self harm,
- social care,
- substance abuse,
- suicide,
- teenagers,
- trauma,
- violence,
- youthwork
