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Management of the Suicidal Patient

Year: 2008

Type: other

Abstract: Management of the suicidal patient is a challenging clinical task, yet a core competency in psychiatry. Assessing suicidal risk requires rapport, and aims to determine diagnosis, demographic and clinical risk and protective risk factors. Treatment approaches to suicidal ideation and behavior (suicidality) focus on management of the underlying disorder or direct treatment of the suicidality. Few treatments have empirical support for the management of suicidality. Of the pharmacological treatments, lithium and clozapine have evidence of efficacy as do the psychotherapies cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Newer antidepressants have been associated with reduced suicide rates.

DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch116

Authors: Glenn A. Melvin, Kelly Posner, Barbara H. Stanley, Maria A. Oquendo

Institutions: New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Language: English

Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1576407963

Cites: 169

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10