Resource Tag: NO SUICIDE CONTRACTS
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No-suicide Contracts Among College Students
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh
Responding to Manipulative Suicide Threats
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh
Contracts vs. Decisions: Protecting Patients From Suicide Ideation
Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh
Identification of Suicidal Ideation and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour in the Elderly
The epidemiology of suicidal behaviour in the elderly is explored, & considerations specific to suicide in this population are reviewed. An overview of risk factors associated with elderly suicide is provided, & issues in the assessment & treatment of suicidal patients in later life are examined. Finally, the treatment of late-life depression is discussed in […]
Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Suicidal Behaviors
For a discussion of this Practice Guideline, please see SIEC #2005-0419. As per this post
http://www.speakingofsuicide.com/2014/06/11/for-therapists/ this practice guideline has been superseded by http://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/srb/VADODCP_SuicideRisk_Full.pdf
Suicide Risk Management on the Post-Secondary Campus
This document is no. 4 in the CACUSS Monograph Series.
Pediatric Suicide Risk Assessment
The author describes the Question, Persuade, Refer, & Treat-Pediatric (QPRT-P) Suicide Risk Management Inventory & User’s Manual, a tool developed in order to assist health care professionals in the identification & treatment of suicidal patients at the pediatric level.
Suicide: Risk Assessment and Intervention for Caregivers
This pamphlet is targeted towards caregivers as a tool in performing risk assessment for suicidal persons of various ages. The pamphlet also includes information on topics such as contracting with suicidal persons, hospital admission procedures, & consultation & support services. The pamphlet concludes with emergency numbers for caregivers, support phone numbers, help lines, & specialized […]
‘No-suicide Contracts’ and Informed Consent: an Analysis of Ethical Issues
This article utilizes both the existing literature on no-suicide contracts & the results of recent research into the effects of this tool, to examine whether its use is consistent with the legal & ethical doctrine of informed consent. Particular attention is given to issues of competence, fullness of information, voluntariness & paternalistic intervention when no-suicide […]
Psychiatric Inpatients’ Perceptions of Written No-Suicide Agreements: an Exploratory Study
135 psychiatric inpatients admitted for suicidal danger were surveyed regarding their views on the benefits/limitations of written no-suicide agreements. A survey instrument developed for this study revealed that these inpatients, for the most part, rated writtten no-suicide agreements in a positive manner & in ways consistent with clinical opinion expressed in a number of qualitative/expert-opinion […]
No-suicide Agreements: High School Students’ Perspectives
To examine the perspectives of high school students regarding no-suicide agreements, 96 high school students were randomly assigned to read a vignette about the use of therapy in conjunction with a no-suicide agreement in the case of a 15-year-old suicidal adolescent, & to rate their attitudes toward the intervention. Overall, students were more positive toward […]