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A Primer on Suicidology: Implications for Counselors

✍ Scribed by John M. Laux

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 146 KB
Volume: 80
Category: Article
ISSN: 1556-6678
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00203.x

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✦ Synopsis

In this article, the author addresses the state of the art issues relating to suicide theory; assessment; risk factors; intervention, prevention, and postvention; and training. Specifically, a recent article published in The Counseling Psychologist (J. S. Westefeld et al., 2000) is reviewed. Implications for counselors, counselor educators, and counselor trainees are presented.

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