Suicide An Essential Guide for Helping Professionals and Educators

by Granello, Darcy; Granello, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780205386734
• ISBN10: 0205386733
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Through use of this material, helping professionals will gain insights, practical skills, and therapeutic confidence into their work with the suicidal individual. The book provides a comprehensive approach to many essential topics related to suicide and yet maintains a practical readability that busy students and clinicians will appreciate. Well organized chapters explain the relationship of suicide to specific topics, including a thorough discussion of at-risk clients and multiple aspects of working with suicidal clients (history, assessment, crises management, special populations, prevention, and postvention). Students and practitioners of counseling, social worker and other helping professions will appreciate the practical tips, lists, resources, and case studies available in the text.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
SECTION ONE Suicide: An Overview
1 Introduction	1	(15)
An Overview of Suicide	2	(1)
Problems with Classification	3	(2)
Suicide and Suicidal Behavior	5	(3)
Understanding Suicide	8	(5)
The Role of the Mental Health Professional	13	(3)
2 Historical and Theoretical Foundations	16	(16)
Historical Foundations of Suicide	16	(5)
Theoretical Foundations of Suicide	21	(11)
SECTION TWO Populations at Risk
3 Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents	32	(20)
Suicide Risk in Children	33	(6)
Suicide Risk in Adolescents	39	(13)
4 Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in Young and Middle-Aged Adult Populations	52	(21)
Adult Developmental Characteristics and Suicide	53	(2)
Suicide Risk in Young and Middle Adulthood	55	(4)
Risk Factors in Adults	59	(9)
College Students as a Special Group of Young Adults	68	(5)
5 Suicide and Suicidal Risk Factors in the Elderly Population	73	(12)
Developmental Considerations of Older Adult Suicide Risk	77	(1)
Specific Risk Factors in Older People	78	(5)
Methods, Warning Signs, and Triggering Conditions for Suicide in the Elderly Population	83	(2)
6 Suicide and Suicide Risk in Multicultural Populations	85	(21)
Suicide Risk in Hispanic Americans	86	(5)
Suicide Risk in African Americans	91	(6)
Suicide Risk in Native Americans	97	(3)
Suicide Risk in Asian Americans	100	(6)
7 Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in People with Mental and Emotional Disorders	106	(14)
Mood Disorders	109	(4)
Schizophrenia	113	(2)
Anxiety Disorders	115	(1)
Personality Disorders	116	(1)
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders	117	(3)
8 Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in People with Physical Illnesses	120	(12)
Medical Illnesses and Conditions That Increase Suicide Risk	122	(4)
Medical Illnesses and Conditions with Uncertain Suicide Risk	126	(6)
9 Suicide and Suicide Risk Factors in Other High-Risk Populations	132
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgendered People	134	(3)
Prisoners and Incarcerated Populations	137	(4)
Law Enforcement Populations	141	(1)
Military and Veteran Populations	142	(3)
Suicide and Suicide Risk in the Health Care Professions	145	(3)
SECTION THREE Issues in Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention
10 Suicide Prevention	148	(32)
Suicide Prevention in Schools	151	(6)
Developing a Comprehensive School Suicide Prevention Program	157	(15)
Suicide Prevention in Community Settings	172	(5)
Working with the Mass Media: Prevention and Postvention	177	(3)
11 Suicide Risk Assessment	180	(24)
The Components of Suicide Risk Assessment	181	(11)
The Role of Risk Factors and Warning Signs in Suicide Risk Assessment	192	(1)
Risk Assessment Instruments	192	(12)
12 Interventions with Suicidal and At-Risk Children and Adolescents	204	(21)
Suicidal Thoughts, Ideation, and Threats	205	(4)
Suicidal Behaviors and Attempts	209	(1)
Responding to Threats and Attempts: Treatment Options for Suicidal Children and Adolescents	210	(9)
Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology	219	(6)
13 Interventions with Suicidal and At-Risk Adults	225	(30)
The Nature of Crises and Emergencies	227	(2)
Goals of Intervention	229	(8)
Levels of Risk	237	(8)
Treatment Issues for Suicidal Adults	245	(10)
14 Legal and Ethical Issues in Suicide	255	(21)
Ethics, Values, and Suicide	255	(7)
Legal Issues and Suicide	262	(7)
Risk Management	269	(7)
SECTION FOUR The Aftermath of Suicide
15 Suicide Survivors	276	(16)
Coping with Suicide and Its Fallout	277	(1)
Suicide Survivor Research	278	(3)
Special Focus: Child Survivors	281	(5)
A Proposed Model for Family Interventions Following a Suicide: The Family Debriefing Model	286	(1)
Client Suicide: Clinician as Survivor	287	(5)
Appendixes	292	(13)
A. Resource List of Suicide Risk Assessments	292	(7)
B. Suicide Organizations and Web Sites	299	(4)
C. Web Sites for and about Suicide Survivors	303	(1)
D. Suicide Helplines and Hotlines	304	(1)
References	305	(27)
Index	332