Suicide is an event that cannot be ignored, minimized, or left untreated.
However, all too often mental health professionals and health care practitioners
are unprepared to treat suicidal clients. This text offers the latest guidance
to frontline professionals who will likely encounter such clients throughout
their careers, and to educators teaching future clinicians.
The book discusses how to react when clients reveal suicidal thoughts; the
components of comprehensive suicide assessments; evidence-based treatments such
as crisis intervention, cognitive behavior therapy, dialectical behavior
therapy, and more; and ethical and legal issues that may arise. Case studies,
exercises, quizzes, and other features make this a must-have reference for
graduate level courses.