Cognitive therapy for suicidal patients
Subtitle: scientific and clinical applications
By: Amy Wenzel, Gregory K. Brown, and Aaron T. Beck.
Contributors: Brown, Gregory K., Ph. D.; Beck, Aaron T.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association; Amer Psychological Assn
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781433804076
Subjects: Suicidal behavior -- Prevention; Cognitive therapy; Suicide -- prevention & control; Cognitive Therapy -- methods
Description: "Cognitive Therapy for Suicidal Patients: Scientific and Clinical Applications crystallizes more than 3 decades of basic, clinical, and therapeutic research, providing a comprehensive review of the psychological factors associated with suicidal behavior. The authors describe their cognitive model of suicide, the instruments they developed to classify and assess suicidal behavior, and effective cognitive intervention techniques for suicidal individuals. The book includes a step-by-step protocol for cognitive therapy that is vividly illustrated in an extended case study. Individual chapters are dedicated to applying the protocol with special populations and overcoming challenges when working with suicidal patients."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classification and assessment of suicide ideation and suicidal acts; title: Correlates of and risk factors for suicidal acts; title: A cognitive model of suicidal acts; title: Evidence-based treatments for the prevention of suicidal acts; title: Cognitive therapy : general principles; title: Early phase of treatment; title: Cognitive case conceptualization of suicidal acts; title: Intermediate phase of treatment; title: Later phase of treatment; title: Challenges in treating suicidal patients; title: Cognitive therapy for suicidal adolescents; title: Cognitive therapy for suicidal older adults; title: Cognitive therapy for suicidal patients with substance dependence disorders.