Resource Tag: INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

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The purpose of this study was to demonstrate how child death review teams can be used to prevent future deaths through retrospective, multiagency case analysis & recommendations for educational programs & policy change. A listing was compiled of all deaths of persons 21 years & younger in Philadephia for 1995, & data were collected on […]

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

The author argues that collaboration in suicide prevention is necessary between 5 distinct areas of society: public health, community, administration, media, & industry. In this document, he summarizes a discussion of the industrial world, examining the collaborative roles of 4 industrial sub-categories: human resources, the drug industry, public transport, & administration.

This document summarizes a presentation by the author regarding the debate over the legalization of assisted suicide. Areas of commonality between those in favor of the legalization of assisted suicide & those opposed are highlighted & possible areas of collaboration for the achievement of common goals are discussed.

This book looks at the ways that social workers can help dying people & their families. The author explores the multifaceted nature of the dying process & its impact on the patient, the family, & the health care professionals working with patients at the end of life. She also offers observations on the stages of […]

This report explores key concepts in youth mental health promotion, demonstrating how these concepts can & have been operationalized & implemented at the community level. Key concepts are first defined. The experience of youth suicide in a rural community is then used to illustrate, in practical terms, how these concepts have real-life application. In the […]

For the complete Guide, please see SIEC #2004-1202. For parts 6a & 6c, please see SIEC #2004-1210 & 2004-1212

8 American suicide crisis centers were analyzed to provide an accurate depiction of the organization of a modern crisis center. Results indicate that: many crisis lines are now directed to specific audiences (such as teens or seniors); staffing is generally more paid personnel rather than volunteers; & gatekeeper organizations are beginning to partner with crisis […]

This document is a draft version prepared by the Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health Association Children of Parents With a Mental Illness (COPMI) Initiative for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.

For commentary on this article, please see SIEC #2004-0979

This article discusses how the institution of the Suicide Prevention Centre (SPC) came to be. The author seeks to indicate what the goals of the SPC are, & how it attempts to acheive these aims. He also describes the operations & functions of the SPC. Clinical aspects, community aspects, & research aspects of SPCs are […]

This column marks a new feature in Crisis: a discussion of clinical & research issues related to suicide based in the field of emergency psychiatry. The column will feature experts in emergency psychiatry, writing about issues that lie at the interface of suicidology & emergency psychiatry. This first column examines the relevance of emergency psychiatric […]