The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management - Hardcover

Robert I. Simon; Robert E. Hales

9781585624140: The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585624144 ISBN 13: 9781585624140

Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2012

Surpassing the first edition in terms of structure, scope, and hands-on utility, this new edition of "The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management" follows the natural sequence of events in evaluating and treating patients: assessment, major mental disorders, treatment, treatment settings, special populations, special topics, prevention, and the aftermath of suicide. The number of chapters has been increased approximately 20 per cent, from 28 to 34. In addition, 22 new chapter authors were recruited for the second edition, representing nearly half of the 50 authors from the first edition, to present more diverse perspectives. The result is a larger and more substantive text, one that addresses everything today's practitioner needs to know, from the basic biological mechanisms associated with suicide to the effects of Internet harassment. "The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management" is essential reading.

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A thorough understanding of suicide, risk assessment, and treatment is a required competency for psychiatrists. At the same time, the demands of managed care make suicide assessment more difficult and more fraught with risk, magnifying the clinician's need for a comprehensive and current resource.

Surpassing the first edition in terms of structure, scope, and hands-on utility, this new edition of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management covers evaluating and treating patients. This includes assessment, major mental disorders, treatment, treatment settings, special populations, special topics, prevention, and the aftermath of suicide. The number of chapters has been increased approximately 20%, from 28 to 34. In addition, 22 new chapter authors were recruited for the second edition, representing nearly half of the 50 authors from the first edition, to present more diverse perspectives.

The result is a larger and more substantive text, one that addresses everything today's practitioner needs to know, from the basic biological mechanisms associated with suicide to the effects of Internet harassment. The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management is essential reading.

About the Author:

Robert I. Simon, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Bethesda, Maryland. Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., is Joe P. Tupin Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California - Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California; Medical Director of the Sacramento County Mental Health Services in Sacramento, California; and Editor-in-Chief of American Psychiatric Publishing.

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