Preventing suicide:the solution focused approach

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Henden John
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Chichester, England New York
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xiv, 226 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0470518081 (cloth)
9780470518083 (cloth)
047051809X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780470518090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: C913
CLC: C913.9
Call Number: C913.9/H495
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index.
Defining suicide and self-harm -- Current service provision : risk assessment, management and medication -- Other approaches to helping the suicidal -- What is solution focused brief therapy -- Suicide encounters : the crucial first ten minutes -- The solution focused approach in working with the suicidal -- Case study : Reg and 'the demons calling from the deep' -- Some more case vignettes -- Where do we go from here?
(Publisher-supplied data) The book looks at secondary suicide prevention (treatment for those thinking about suicide or who are actively suicidal) and is very practically focused. The first chapter reviews the prevention literature and discusses the healthier nation targets. The second chapter outlines solution focused brief therapy and presents the evidence base for this approach. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on risk assessment, management and medication. Chapter 5 presents an in-depth case study and the final chapter presents five shorter case studies. The appendices contain examples of exercise