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The Suicide Research and Education Division is dedicated to furthering scientific research and knowledge about suicide. It also focuses on education for health care professionals concerning the recognition, understanding, and management of suicidal individuals. From time to time, the Division will make available books, papers, or other professional relevant materials related to the assessment, intervention, and treatment of suicidal individuals.
THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL GUIDE TO SUICIDE ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
Douglas G. Jacobs, MD Editor
Written by the top experts in the field, this definitive guide is the first in a new series of books developed by the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and provides clinicians with information and strategies for appropriate responses to patients or clients who are at risk for suicide.
The title of this book is, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Suicide Assessment and Intervention. More than 30,000 deaths in the United States, more than 80 per day, are a result of suicide. Suicide is the primary cause of early death among psychiatric patients and an issue in one-quarter of all psychiatric malpractice lawsuits. This essential resource is a compendium of the most current research and authoritative thought on the topic of suicide.
The fundamental question is: How can clinicians identify patients who may be at risk for suicide and take the necessary steps to reduce the risk?
Each of the volume’s forty-eight contributors is an expert on an aspect of suicide assessment and intervention. The breadth of knowledge offered in this text speaks to the fact that suicide is a complex, multidimensional clinical problem that requires a wide range of methods for effective assessment and treatment.
This hands-on guide is written for those who have the common yet complex task of assessing suicidality in a patient or client – psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals. The book helps professionals determine the risk level for suicidal or at-risk patients and recommends a suicide assessment protocol that can be effectively incorporated into clinical practice. The authors also provide guidelines for intervening when a person is at risk for harming himself or herself.
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The
Harvard Medical School Guide to Suicide
Assessment and Intervention
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Douglas
Jacobs, M.D.
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Preface
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Douglas
Jacobs, M.D.
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Foreword
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Joseph
Coyle, M.D.
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Assessment
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Suicide
Assessment: An Overview and Recommended Protocol
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Douglas
Jacobs, M.D.
Margaret Brewer, R.N., M.B.A.
Marci Klein Benheim, Ph.D.
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Epidemiology
of Suicide
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Eve
Moscicki, ScD, M.P.H.
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Preventing
Suicide: A Community Psychiatry Approach
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Robert
A. Dorwart, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael Ostacher, M.D., M.PH.
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The
Psychodynamic Understanding of Suicide
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John
T. Maltsberger, M.D.
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Perturbation
and Lethality: A Psychological Approach to Assessment and
Intervention
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Edwin
Shneidman, Ph.D.
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The
Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior
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J.
John Mann, M.D.
Victoria Arango, Ph.D.
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Profiles
of Completed Suicides
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Jan
Fawcett, M.D.
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Self-Mutilation
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Armando
Favazza, M.D., M.P.H.
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Standard
Protocol for Assessing and Treating Suicidal Behaviors for
Patients in Treatment
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Marsha
Linehan, Ph.D.
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Murder-Suicide:
Phenomenology and Clinical Implications
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Matthew
K. Nock, B.A.
Peter M. Marzuk, MD
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Excerpts
from Academic Conference and Recognition of Suicidal Risks
Through the Psychological Examination
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Leston
L. Havens, M.D.
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Critical
Points in the Assessment & Management of Suicide Risk
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Jerome
Motto, M.D.
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Can
Suicide Ever Be Eradicated? A Professional Journey
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Pamela
Cantor, Ph.D.
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Intervention
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Suicide
and Manic-Depressive Illness: An Overview and Personal Account
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Kay
Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
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Lifetime
Risk of Suicide in Major Affective Disorders
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David
Clark, Ph.D.
Ann E. Goebel-Fabbri, Ph.D.
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Suicide
and Schizophrenia
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Ming
T. Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D.
Jerome A. Fleming, M.S.
John
C. Simpson, Ph.d.
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Substance
Abuse and Suicide
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Roger
D. Weiss, M.D.
Michael R. Hufford, Ph.D.
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Borderline
Personality Disorder
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Timothy
Davis, M.D.
John G. Gunderson, M.D.
Melissa Myers, M.D.
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Trauma
and Suicide
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James
Chu, M.D.
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Antisuicidal
Effect of Lithium Treatment in Major Mood Disorders
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Ross
Baldessarini, M.D., D.Sc. (hon.)
Leonardo Tondo, M.D.
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Treatment
of the Suicidal Patient with Psychotropic Drugs & ECT
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Carl
Salzman, M.D.
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The
Inpatient Management of Suicidality
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Gary
Jacobson, M.D.
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ECT
and Suicide
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Eran
Metzger. M.D.
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Special
Issues
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Suicide
in Children and Adolescents
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Stewart
Goldman, M.D.
William Beardslee, M.D.
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Suicide
in the Elderly
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David
C. Steffens, M.D.
Dan G. Blazer, M.D., Ph.D.
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Suicide-Prevention
Contracts: Advantages, Disadvantages, and an Alternative Approach
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Michael
Miller, M.D.
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Guidelines
for Conducting A Suicide Review
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Steve
Stelovich, M.D.
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Medical
Settings and Suicide
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Steve
Stelovich, M.D.
Michael Mufson, M.D.
Malcolm Rogers, M.D.
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Suicide
Assessment in the Primary Care Setting
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Michael
Miller, M.D.
Randall Paulsen, M.D.
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Suicide,
Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia
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Herbert
Hendin, M.D.
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Liability
Issues and Liability Prevention in Suicide
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Thomas
Gutheil, M.D.
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Appendix:
Guidelines for Identification, Assessment, and Treatment Planning
for Suicidality
More
than 1500 references
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