Resource Tag: MYTHS
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Half in Love With Death: Managing the Chronically Suicidal Patient
This book includes the following chapters: suicidality & suicide; the inner world of the chronically suicidal patient; suicidality in childhood & adolescence; chronic suicidality & personality disorders; myths of suicide prevention; psychotherapy research & chronic suicidality; pharmacotherapy & chronic suicidality; tolerating chronic suicidality; managing chronic suicidality; & suicidality & litigation. The book concludes with a […]
Preventing Suicide: a Resource for Counsellors
This booklet was developed as an information guide for counsellor education. It discusses the following topics: the burden of suicide; protective factors; risk factors & risk situations; special populations & suicide; common myths; assessment; management of suicidal behaviours; counselling suicidal children & adolescents; coping with suicide of a client; & providing helpful information to the […]
Adolescent Suicide Myths in the United States
The authors identify what they believe are several myths regarding suicide in general & youth suicide in particular, including: the myth that suicide attempters & completers are similar; the myth that current prevention programs work; the myth that teens have the highest suicide rate; the myth that suicide is caused by family & social stress; […]
What Everyone Needs to Know About Suicide Prevention (and Shouldn’t be Afraid to ask)
This booklet aims to: (1) show that suicide is preventable; (2) provide readers with insight into why people become suicidal; & (3) to suggest intervention strategies & self-help activities for identifying and responding to the suicidal crisis of a friend, relative, or oneself. The information is presented in question & answer format so that readers […]
The Western Health and Social Services Board, Northern Ireland, Suicide Prevention Strategy
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh