Resource Tag: PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

The published literature on police suicide contains serious measurement problems that undermine understanding, including: unreliability of small samples, lack of statistical significance testing, comparison of different time periods, use of different data sources, use of different summary measures, comparison to inappropriate norms, & misclassification of suicides as accidents. The authors suggest solutions for these problem […]

This edited book includes 22 chapters on suicide & the creative arts. Part 1 examines suicide in painting & the traditional visual arts. Part 2 is on the depiction of suicide in the movies. Suicide in literature is discussed in Part 3. Part 4 looks at understanding suicide through the arts & Part 5 is […]

This chapter proposes the importance of perfectionism, rather than stress, as a crucial predictor in law enforcement suicide. The personality, character style, & training of law enforcement personnel are discussed in relation to subtypes of perfectionism. Recommendations are made to identify & measure perfectionism, including the 45-item Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale developed by Hewitt & Flett. […]

This chapter explores the value of having clients use their own poetry as a mean of working through psychological conflicts & distress. The life of Anne Sexton, an American poet, who died by suicide at the age of 45 is used as illustration. (20 refs.)

Harm reduction is a new paradigm that seeks to reduce the harmful consequences of substance use & other risky behaviours without requiring abstinence. This article discusses integrative harm reduction psychotherapy, one application of harm reduction principles to psychotherapy. 7 therapeutic tasks are described with attention to clinical process, skills, & strategies. A case is presented […]

This article reviews the major tactics for preventing suicide, including medications, psychotherapy for suicidal clients, emergency management & treatment, crisis intervention centres, education programmes for physicians, restricting access to lethal methods, school education programs, & groups for survivors. A brief paragraph discusses resources for those wishing to die by suicide. Evaluative data is presented for […]

This paper presents a set of propositions about anodynic psychotherapy for suicidal persons which itself focusses on certain psychological needs which have been uniquely frustrated. These frustrated needs cause dangerously heightened psychological pain, or psychache, in the individual’s mind. (21 refs.)

The reviewer states that this book “is not only a textbook on treatment of borderline personality disorder… it is also a synthesis of our knowledge concerning the syndrome, its nosology, epidemiology, etiology, outcome research, & so on”. The book is said to be an invaluable asset for anyone working in psychiatric care & suicide prevention.

To assuage psychological pain, the clinican needs to know what is being treated. This paper offers an empirical, cross-cultural perspective on the “what”, illustrated with the writings of William Styron. It is argued once one understands what is being treated, effective psychotherapy comes knowingly. An outline of some factors in the field of psychotherapy with […]

This article describes suicide attempters seen in an emergency room in Sao Paulo, Brazil, & their acute substance consumption or dependence. A non-structured psychiatric interview was used with a sample of 80 patients, mean age 26.9 years. Most suicide attempts involved ingestion of medicines. Approximately 21.2% & 7.5% of cases had used alcohol or an […]

This pocket-book includes the following chapters: Historical Review; Definitions; Epidemiology; Contributing Factors to Suicide; Mental Disorders & the Biological Substrate of Suicide; Psychosocial Influences on Suicidal Behaviour; An Evidence Based Management Approach; Initial Assessment & Management; Non-Pharmacological Approaches; Pharmacological Approaches; Broad Suicide Prevention Initiatives; Bereavement After Suicide; Frequently Asked Queations; & Conclusion. An appendix provides […]

A sample of 183 current cocaine users, were administered a structured interview to ascertain attempted suicide histories, methods used, & factors associated with suicide attempts. Of the sample, 31% had attempted suicide, 18% had done so on more than one occasion, & 8% had made an attempt in the preceding 12 months. Overall, 28% of […]

This book includes the following chapters: ethical & philosophical issues in suicide; the role of culture, race, & ethnicity in suicide; religion & suicide; assessment; crisis intervention & suicide; cognitive behavioural therapy & suicide; dialectical behavior therapy & suicide; interpersonal psychotherapy & suicide; child & adolescent suicide; adult suicide; older adult suicide; schizophrenia & suicide; […]

This book offers a new theoretical framework for diagnosis & the assessment of a patient’s suicide risk. New clinical guidelines for crisis intervention & therapeutic alliances in psychotherapy & suicide prevention are provided. A chapter on preventive & public health campaigns is also included.

This presentation opened with a discussion of the ability of human beings to transcend themselves. The presenter asserts that suicide, seen from this perspective, is the result of feeling that connection with the “beyond” has been lost. Three ways in which transcendent experience is promising & activating were discussed. Pathologic structures & religious contents are […]

This book provides practical ways for families to help adolescents with bipolar disorder. Information is provided on working the child’s physician to find the right balance between medication & psychotherapy, recognizing & responding to early warning signs of an oncoming episode, & collaborating effectively with school personnel. The book also includes a chapter on dealing […]

The aim of this essay is to present an overview of some of the topics & issues which are present in the interaction of suicide & culture. Topics discussed include: societal & cultural suicide rates; culture & the individual suicide; the impact of a changing culture; the assumption of cultural invariability; subcultures; gender, class, & […]

The reviewer found this book to be “authoritative” and “an immensely valuable reference” tool that provides a framework for thinking.

The case of a 17-year-old boy hospitalized after a suicide attempt is reported. The interpretative therapy that helped overcome his depression is described. The authors stress that: 1) in some cases, prolonged hospitalization might be helpful in managing treatment of acute phases; & 2) every effort should be made to help a depressed adolescent who […]

This study reports the case of a 13-year-old female of mixed Latino & European-American heritage who was admitted for long-term inpatient psychiatric care. Clinicians assessed how issues of cultural identity were affecting the patient’s developmental progress; results were incorporated into a general treatment program. The inpatient multidisciplinary team attended to the evolution & integration of […]

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