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A Clinician’s Guide to Suicide Risk Assessment and Management

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77773-3

ISBN: 978-3-319-77772-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 22, 2018

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Chapter 1Purpose and Background

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 1 –7

[Suicide is a multidimensional determined outcome, which results from a complex interaction of biological, genetic, psychological, sociological, and environmental factors. This chapter provides a review on some of the epidemiological data and burden of suicide worldwide. It also provides a...
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Chapter 2Understanding Suicide and Self-Harm

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 9 –13

[Self-harm is more common than suicide attempts and is found more frequently in females and in adolescents. There exists a co-relation between death and self-harm in that up to 7% of individuals who self-harm die from their self-injury. Self-harm and suicide attempts can co-occur in some mental...
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Chapter 3The Content of the Suicide Risk Assessment

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 15 –31

[Suicide risk assessments include gathering history and conducting a clinical mental status examination, which are important for baseline information. Risk factors such as history of prior attempts and substance use would be encompassed in the generalized history gathering. Any collateral sources...
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Chapter 4Suicide Risk Assessment Tools and Instruments

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 33 –44

[Suicide risk assessment tools may be helpful to clinicians to standardize the assessment and improve the overall quality of the suicide risk assessment process. The ability of these tools to predict suicide is limited. This chapter provides an overview of different tools currently available for...
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Chapter 5Management of Patients with Acute Suicidality

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 45 –54

[Management of suicidal patients can be challenging for many clinicians. A common malpractice issue related to suicide is failure to provide protection to patients from killing themselves. This chapter describes the steps in management of suicidal patients in emergency room, outpatient, and...
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Chapter 6Documentation and Communication

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 55 –58

[It is imperative for clinicians to have a good documentation of the assessment and treatment interventions conducted with each patient. The failure to document suicide risk assessments and interventions may give the court reason to conclude they were not done when malpractice complaints arise.]
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Chapter 7Suicide Risk Assessment Quality Monitoring

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 59 –61

[Clinical audit will facilitate quality improvement by ensuring adherence to the standards required around suicide risk assessment. It will also inform the system on future training needs.]
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Chapter 8Case Studies

Sadek, Joseph

Pages: 63 –74

[Identifying information: Anna O is a 21-year-old female who lives alone and works at a restaurant.]

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