Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: I instantly realised that everything in my life that I' d thought was unfixable was totally fixable -except for having just jumped." Kevin Baldwin, Golden Gate Bridge suicide attempt survivor (Friend, 2003) Suicide as one of the leading causes of death in our society is entirely preventable.Psychologists and psychology services have a major role to play in the area of prevention, risk assessment and treatment of suicidality.This article presents a summary of literature pertaining to risk assessment and the pharmacological and psychological therapies for treating suicidality, as well as recommendations on how to work with someone who is suicidal.
Authors: Eoin Galavan, Harry Horgan
Institution: Health Service Executive
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W594376849