Treating Suicidal Behavior: An Effective Time-Limited Approach (Treatment Manuals for Practitioners)

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Grounded in a comprehensive model of suicidality this volume describes an empirically supported cognitive-behavioral treatment approach. The clinician is guided to assess suicidal behavior and implement interventions tailored to the severity chronicity and diagnostic complexity of the patients symptoms. Provided are session-by-session guidelines and clear-cut strategies for defusing the initial crisis; reducing suicidal behavior; restructuring suicide-related beliefs; and building interpersonal assertiveness distress tolerance problem solving and other key skills. A special chapter covers risk assessment. Enhancing the books utility are tables figures and sample handouts and forms some of which may be reproduced for professional use.