How to Help the Suicidal Person to Choose Life: The Ethic of Care and Empathy as an Indispensable Tool for Intervention
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How to Help the Suicidal Person to Choose Life: The Ethic of Care and Empathy as an Indispensable Tool for Intervention

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How to Help the Suicidal Person to Choose Life: The Ethic of Care and Empathy as an Indispensable Tool for Intervention

About this book

Suicide is a complex problem which is linked to socioeconomic problems as well as mental stress and illness. Healthcare professionals now know that the essential component of the suicidal person's state of crisis is of a psychological and emotional nature.
How to Help the Suicidal Person to Choose Life is a detailed guide to suicide prevention. The book recommends ethic of care and empathy as a tool for suicide intervention. Readers will learn about approaches that focus on suicide prevention that address the despairing emotional mind set of the suicidal person.
Key features:
Features easy to understand learning guides for students
Emphasizes on suicide intervention strategies rather than identification of risk factors
Highlights information from narrative case studies and psychological autopsies
Includes practice and simulation exercises designed to enhance therapeutic modalities such as empathy, compassion, unconditional positive regard, connection, therapeutic alliance, the narrative action theoretical approach and mindful listening
Contains guidelines prescribed by the Aeschi working group for clinicians
Provides a list of bibliographic references and an appendix for other resources of information useful for suicide prevention
This book is recommended for students and practicing professionals (in medicine, psychiatry, nursing, psychiatric nursing, psychology, counselling, teaching, social work, the military, police, paramedics etc.), and other first responders, volunteers or outreach workers who are confronted with situations where they have to assist people who are known or suspected of being suicidal.

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Yes, you can access How to Help the Suicidal Person to Choose Life: The Ethic of Care and Empathy as an Indispensable Tool for Intervention by Kathleen Stephany in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Welcome
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. About the Author
  8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  9. The Importance of Teaching Suicidal Prevention Strategies to Gatekeepers
  10. Changing Stigma, Dispelling Myths and Assessing Risk
  11. Preventing and Treating Mental Illness & Understanding the Mindset of the Suicidal Person
  12. The Ethic of Care & Empathy as a Tool for Helping the Suicidal Person
  13. Strategies that Promote the Emotional Well-being of Gatekeepers
  14. REFERENCES
  15. GLOSSARY
  16. APPENDIX A: Sample: Confidentiality Agreement for Simulation
  17. APPENDIX B: Further Recommended Readings
  18. APPENDIX C: Information & Resources for Suicide & Crisis Intervention
  19. APPENDIX D: Commonly Used Suicide Risk Assessment Tools