The Suicidal Crisis

Résumé du livre

One of the most difficult determinations a psychiatrist makes is whether the chronically suicidal patient is at risk for suicide in the immediate future. The Suicidal Narrative is the first book to help clinicians evaluate the risk of imminent suicidal behavior. The book describes a theoretical framework for a systematic and comprehensive assessment of short-term suicide risk and also describes practical ways of conducting risk assessment interviews in different settings. The book is based on the narrative crisis model of suicide, which posits that individuals with trait vulnerability for suicide attempt suicide after they develop the suicide crisis syndrome when they feel that their life narrative has no acceptable future.