Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior Contributor(s): Stenager, Elsebeth Nylev (Author), Stenager, Egon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789002957 ISBN-13: 9780789002952 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Stenager and Stenager know that diagnosing suicidal tendencies in patients -- for any health professional -- is a difficult task because of the many factors involved. With this difficulty in mind, they've put together Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior, a thorough, comprehensive study of the multitude of causes for suicide among patients suffering from serious illness and pain. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Suicide - Medical | Diseases - Medical | Health Risk Assessment |
Dewey: 616.858 |
LCCN: 97015308 |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.04" W x 8.38" (0.50 lbs) 148 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Estimating the risk for suicidal behavior among patients is often a very complex challenge for psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, surgeons, specialists in internal medicine, neurologists, nurses, and social workers. Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior is designed to help you understand the methodological problems involved in the assessment of risk for suicidal behavior in patients with various somatic and psychiatric disorders so you can establish effective approaches to the psychosocial treatment of endangered patients. Through the book's comprehensive and insightful discussions, you will even learn specific strategies for improving the quality of life of such patients.Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior discusses psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and alcohol and drug abuse as risk factors for suicidal behavior. From its helpful and clearly written pages, you will also learn about the role of social factors in suicidal behavior and the relationship between suicidal behavior and biological factors. Perhaps most important of all, you will learn which groups of patients and which disorders are associated with the highest risk of suicide through the book's critical discussions of:
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