The Effects of the use of “No-suicide Contracts” in Community Crisis Situations: the Experience of Clinicians and Consumers

Gestalt Therapy Approaches to Crisis Intervention With Suicidal Clients

Assessment and Treatment of the Youthful Suicidal Patient

Implementation of Safety Agreements in an Acute Psychiatric Facility

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Risk Management With the Suicidal Patient

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Renegotiating the ‘Contract for Safety’ in the ER

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Best Practices in Suicide Intervention (IN: Best Practices in School Psychology IV, vol.2, ed. by A Thomas and J Grimes)

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

“Contracting for Safety” as an Assessment Tool for Emergency Department Triage Nurses

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessing and Managing the Suicidal Patient

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Are No-suicide Contracts Effective in Preventing Suicide in Suicidal Patients Seen by Primary Care Physicians?

Suicide Prevention: Critical Elements for Managing Suicidal Clients and Counselor Liability Without the use of a No-suicide Contract

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http://www.speakingofsuicide.com/2014/06/11/for-therapists/ this practice guideline has been superseded by http://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/srb/VADODCP_SuicideRisk_Full.pdf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.

No-Suicide Contracts: Exploring the Controversy of Suicide-Prevention Contracts

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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 […]