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Clinical Perspectives on Suicide

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Ellen L. Bassuk

    1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
      Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, USA

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  2. Stephen C. Schoonover

    1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
      Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, USA

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  3. Andrew D. Gill

    1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
      Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: The Extent of the Problem

    1. Introduction: The Extent of the Problem

      • Ellen L. Bassuk, Andrew D. Gill, Stephen C. Schoonover
      Pages 1-3

  3. Assessment Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Vulnerability to Suicide

      • Andrew D. Gill
      Pages 7-16

    3. General Principles of Assessment

      • Ellen L. Bassuk
      Pages 17-46

  4. Therapeutic Approaches 1: Methods for Immediate Containment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Crisis Therapies

      • Stephen C. Schoonover
      Pages 49-57

    3. Pharmacotherapy of the Suicidal Patient

      • Stephen C. Schoonover
      Pages 59-68

  5. Therapeutic Approaches 2: Issues in Psychotherapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Outpatient Therapies for Suicidal Patients

      • Andrew D. Gill
      Pages 71-82

    3. The Moment of Truth: Psychotherapy with the Suicidal Patient

      • Alvin Kahn
      Pages 83-92

    4. The Stress of Therapy

      • Alvin Kahn
      Pages 93-100

  6. Setting and Staffing Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Care of the Suicidal Patient in the Emergency Setting

      • Ellen L. Bassuk
      Pages 103-114

    3. Care, Containment, and Countertransference: Managing the Suicidal Patient in Medical Settings

      • Daniel Silverman
      Pages 115-136

    4. Intensive Care for Suicidal Patients

      • Stephen C. Schoonover
      Pages 137-153

    5. Nursing Issues

      • Kathy Horvath
      Pages 155-167

    6. The Role of the Social Worker

      • Helene Kress
      Pages 169-179

    7. Suicidal Patients and the Therapist-in- Training

      • Ronnie Fuchs
      Pages 181-192

  7. Childhood and Adolescent Suicide

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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About this book

Suicide is a source of endless disquiet. One of the few fatal consequences of psychiatric illness, it is a threat to patients, and a vexation to therapists that puts clinical judgment to the ultimate test. It arouses countertransference reactions of unusual intensity-helplessness and guilt when the suicide is successful; anxiety and anger when it is used as a manipulative tool. For as Samuel Johnson was aware when he com­ mented that many "commit suicide, as a passionate man will stab an­ other," it is not only an escape from hopeless despair but an expression of the most violent rage. To all those who care for suicidal patients, this book will come as a welcome guide. Each of the authors represented here brings a wealth of clinical expe­ rience to bear on the subject under discussion. The psychological and bi­ ological determinants of depression are simply and clearly delineated to provide a basis for understanding the processes underlying suicide, for judging its likelihood, and for preventing its occurrence. Detailed de­ scriptions of the variety of psychological and pharmacological treatments of the suicidal patient are complemented by extensive discussions of the several settings in which such patients will be encountered, whether these be an in-patient unit, an out-patient clinic, a medical ward, an emergency room, or a private office.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Ellen L. Bassuk, Stephen C. Schoonover, Andrew D. Gill

  • Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, USA

    Ellen L. Bassuk, Stephen C. Schoonover, Andrew D. Gill

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lifelines

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Perspectives on Suicide

  • Editors: Ellen L. Bassuk, Stephen C. Schoonover, Andrew D. Gill

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4205-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4207-6Published: 12 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4205-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 250

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research

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