A Comprehensive Guide to Suicidal Behaviours: Working with Individuals at Risk of Suicideand their Families; Note on Vocabulary; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Individual in a Process of EscalatingDistress; Chapter 2 Suicidal Behaviour in a Historical Context; Chapter 3 Classifications of Suicide; Chapter 4 Myths about Suicide; Chapter 5Talking about Suicidal Ideas; Chapter 6Suicide Risk Groups; Chapter 7Protective Factors in Suicidal Be; Chapter 8Family Problems; Chapter 9The Survivor and Complicated Grief; Chapter 10Psychotherapy for Suicidal People in Crisis
Chapter 11The Internet: New Possibilities, Problems and Challengesin the Prevention of SuicideChapter 12Recommendations for a Suicide Prevention Strategy; Appendix 1: A Model of the Systemic Management of Distress; Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms; References; Further Information; Index; Blank Page
Summary
Over a million people commit suicide worldwide every year. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that looks at the person at risk, the family and personal relationships they have and the communities in which they are embedded, this book with help anyone working with suicidal individuals to prevent this major cause of death. Backed up by research and clinical expertise the book clarifies the facts about suicide and debunks the many unfounded myths surrounding the subject. It covers the classifications and manifestations of suicide, as well as the major risk factors, at-risk groups and warning si
