Suicide-Related Behaviour : Understanding, Caring and Therapeutic Responses


Columba. McLaughlin
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2007.
Omfang
1 online resource (232 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Suicide-Related Behaviour - Understanding, Caring and Therapeutic Responses; Contents; Preface; 1: A personal reflection on suicide-related behaviour; Experiencing suicide - a shattered innocence; Summary; 2: Contemporary issues in suicide-related behaviour; Suicide-related behaviour - the ultimate contradiction; Ethical issues in suicide-related behaviour; Rational suicide; Euthanasia; Legal and religious issues; Attitudes to suicide-related behaviour; Attitudes of 'others' to suicidal behaviour; Competency in interpersonal skills; Summary; 3: Clarifying the terminology. - (b) Assess events leading up to admission. - Cognitive and emotional responses as buffers against stressorsSocial support as a buffer against stressors; Positive attitude as a buffer against stressors; Individual differences as buffers against stressors; The person's behavioural response to crisis; Help-seeking behaviour - contact with the caring services; Stressor resolved; Stressor unresolved - crisis; Summary; 7: Caring responses to suicide-related behaviour; The case for a caring response; Personal qualities of the practitioner; (a) Self-awareness; (b) Confidentiality; (c) Unconditional positive regard; (d) Congruence; (e) Empathy. - The problem with too many different termsSuicide intent; Lethality of method; Ambivalence; Risk-taking behaviour; The concept of suicide-related behaviour; Death-orientated suicide-related behaviour; Life-orientated suicide-related behaviour; Summary; 4: The concept of suicide-related behaviour; What is suicide-related behaviour?; Understanding suicide-related ideation; Understanding attempted suicide; Understanding suicide; Understanding self-harm; Repetitive self-harm; Summary; 5: The descent into crisis; Why suicide-related behaviour?; What are stressors?. - The skills required in the therapeutic relationship(a) Non-verbal cues as a means of communicating; (b) Verbal responses in the therapeutic relationship; (c) Paraphrasing in the therapeutic relationship; (d) Reflection in the therapeutic relationship; (e) Questions in the therapeutic relationship; (f) Silence in the therapeutic relationship; An example of a caring response; Summary; 8: Therapeutic responses to suicide-related behaviour; A medical response - medications; A therapeutic response - additional notes; A therapeutic response - the assessment; (a) Set induction. - Theoretical perspectives on stressors(a) The biological perspective; (b) The psychological perspective; (c) The psychoanalytical perspective; (d) The psychodynamic developmental perspective; (e) The cognitive perspective; (f) The situational or stressful life events perspective; (g) The social integration perspective; (h) The mental ill-health perspective; Crisis; Summary of stressors leading to suicide-related behaviour; 6: Responding to crisis; A person's response to crisis; The biological response to stressors; Coping abilities as buffers against stressors. - The book is an attempt to make sense of suicide related behaviour in terms of understanding its aetiology and how practitioners can respond in a caring and therapeutic manner. The last 30 years the data gathered has consistently indicated that suicide is a leading cause of death in young people especially men. Alongside this, the incidence of self harm, which has always been high, does not seem to be abating. Some professionals argue that attempted suicide and self harm are both the same entity. This book puts forward that they are two sides of the same coin and this coin is called suicide-rel
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