Evaluation and Care of Suicidal Behavior in Emergency Settings (IN: Suicide: Understanding and Responding: Harvard Medical School Perspectives, ed. by D Jacobs and H N Brown)

This chapter proceeds sequentially through the stages of assessment from the perspective of the clinician confronted with suicidal behavior in an emergency setting & discusses the clinical implications of these stages in various suicidal patient groups presenting in this setting. 53 refs. (LH)