All practitioners working in the caring and helping professions face many challenges and questions when dealing with suicidal clients: Is this client being serious? Can I do more? What should I do? Should I refer on? Should I break confidentiality? Have I assessed this client correctly? Both experie
Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention
โ Scribed by Earl A. Grollman
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Provides information on suicide statistics and gives advice on how to recognize the warning signs of a potential suicide attempt, how to intervene when a suicide has been attempted, and how to comfort families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This updated and expanded edition contains a discussion of euthanasia and living wills and a list of crisis centers around the United States.
โฆ Subjects
Family & Relationships; Psychology; Self-Improvement; Nonfiction; FAM014000; PSY037000; SEL010000
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