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The suicidal patient : clinical and legal standards of care /

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"This book has tremendous value for three audiences embroiled in or potentially subject to these kinds of courtroom disputes: mental health professionals who evaluate and treat persons at risk for suicidal behavior, institutions (clinics, hospitals, jails, prisons) that manage suicide risk, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bongar, Bruce Michael
Other Authors: Sullivan, Glenn, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2013.
Edition:3rd edition.
Subjects:
Suicidal behavior.
Suicidal behavior > Treatment.
Forensic psychiatry.
Defensive medicine.
Physician and patient.
Behavioral Symptoms > therapy
Physician-Patient Relations
Suicide, Attempted
Defensive Medicine
Comportement suicidaire.
Comportement suicidaire > Traitement.
Médecine défensive.
Relations médecin-patient.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY / Suicide
Physician and patient
Defensive medicine
Forensic psychiatry
Suicidal behavior
Suicidal behavior > Treatment
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The knowledge base
  • Legal perspectives
  • The assessment of elevated risk
  • Outpatient management and treatment of the suicidal patient
  • Inpatient management and treatment of the suicidal patient
  • Risk management: prevention and postvention.