Resource Tag: CAREGIVERS

This study explored markers associated with the advance-planning patterns & emotional health of adult child caregivers pre-selected for their history of childhood abuse within the family. An informational decision grid & two classification procedures were used to organize & link 246 written plans of 50 adults providing nearly 6 hours of care per day to […]

This article provides information on suicide postvention for emergency providers. A range of topics are discussed including: how recovery relates to suicide loss; mental illness & suicide; suicide loss & mental illness; what suicide postvention is; what is different about suicide loss; stressors at a suicide scene; the immediate needs of suicide grievers; misconceptions about […]

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The reviewer notes the case vignettes in the first part of this book are “lively, realistic and well-worth referring to for teaching purposes.”. However, the second part of the book is said to be “less enjoyable, but also less authoritative” with factual inaccuracies noted in the discussion of psychoanalytic theory & psychiatric perspectives.

In this article the author reflects on the intercconnections between clinical practice & scientific research.

This resource pack is specifically designed for families & carers to share the experience of death & bereavement with those with learning disabiliites. The package is set up so that materials can be selected to best meet the needs of the individual in exploring, discussing, & sharing personal feelings & experiences. The package contains a […]

This study explores hypothesized associations among therapist engagement strategies, therapeutic alliance, client involvement, & treatment outcome in a randomized clinical trial comparing cognitive behavioural psychotherapy & nondirective psychotherapy for adolescents with depressive symptoms who have attempted suicide. Ratings from audiotapes & self-report of the first four sessions for 23 adolescents were used. Results suggest there […]

The reviewer found the strengths of this book “lie in the community focus & in the strong emphasis on prevention”. However, the reviewer also had concerns about the lack of detail in the discussion of some topics, for example clinical interventions. Nevertheless, the reviewer feels the book meets its stated purpose & provides user friendly […]

Suicide prevention programs for African American youth in African American churches may have broad appeal because: the Black church has a strong history of helping community members, regardless of church membership; African Americans have the highest level of public & private religiousness; & the church can help shape religious & cultural norms about mental health […]

This presentation discussed caregiver strategies for intervening with suicidal children & adolescents.

These guidelines were developed to aid personnel in mental health facilities to be of assistance to the family & other survivors after a death by suicide.

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OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the treatment of suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents. METHOD: After discussing the principles of treatment, we review the literature regarding adequate assessment, hospital-based services and their alternatives, and follow-up. RESULTS: Treatment modalities (including psychotherapy) and preventive strategies (including school-based interventions, gatekeeper and primary practitioner training, and treatment of psychiatric disorders) […]

OBJECTIVE: To consider the management of bereavement in 1) those who have recently experienced the loss of a close family member or friend by suicide, 2) fellow patients on a ward or caregivers, and 3) therapists and other primary caregivers. METHOD: Systematic review of the literature. RESULTS: The quality of treatment trials of suicide survivors […]

This Commission was established to study the problems & gaps in the mental health system in the United States & to make concrete recommendations for immediate improvements that all levels of government, local agencies, & public & private health care providers can implement. 6 goals & the ways in which these can be achieved are […]

Aims: The aims of this study are threefold: to investigate formal and informal help with clinical and social needs that patients who attempted suicide received during the year after their attempt; to examine whether help from services was estimated to be adequate; and to look at whether patients who repeated suicide attempt(s) during follow-up differed […]

This booklet was written to help & support caregivers after a death by suicide in Calgary Health Region facilities. Policies to support other patients affected by such a death, the family, & support staff are also outlined.