{"product_id":"psychotherapy-with-suicidal-people-isbn-9780470863428","title":"Psychotherapy with Suicidal People","description":"Almost a million people die by suicide every year (WHO estimate)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The sheer numbers have made suicide prevention a major health target, but effective prevention is not straightforward. Suicide is a complex event, more complex than most of us imagine, calling for an equally complex response.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Psychotherapy with Suicidal People provides a multi-component approach, with rich clinical data including many case histories, to guide the reader. Based on decades of research from across the globe, Antoon A. Leenaars takes the reader into the mind of the suicidal person, from the young to the elderly, from the anonymous to the famous. There is no better way to know, and thus to treat, a person.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A plethora of special features makes this volume an international classic and includes:  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflections of many suicidologists such as Heraclitus, Plato, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim and Edwin Shneidman.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA unique window on the clinical mind of the author.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmpirically supported definition, with applications across age, gender, historical time, as well as culture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe report of the International Working Group on Ethical and Legal Issues in Suicidology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Psychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-centred Approach is essential reading for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and their trainees, and all clinicians who work with suicidal people.  About the Author.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Understanding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Suicide: A Multidimensional Malaise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Unconscious Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Cognition, Communication, and Suicide Notes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Suicide Risk Assessment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Clinical Evaluation of Suicide Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Thematic Guide for Suicide Prediction (TGSP).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: TGSP: Practice on Suicide Notes, Psychotherapy Protocols, and Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Sylvia Plath: A Protocol Analysis of Her Last Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Rick: A Suicide in a Young Adult.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Scott: Suicide or Homicide?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Applications and Psychotherapy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Applications for Crisis Intervention with Highly Lethal Suicidal People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Applications for Psychotherapy with Suicidal People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Justin: A Suicide Attempt in a Four-Year-Old Boy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Jeff: A Youth’s Suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Susan: A Young Adult’s Isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Peter: An Adult’s Suicidal Pain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Joe: An Older Adult’s Suicidal Pain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Adjuncts to Psychotherapy: Medication, Hospitalization, and Environmental Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Implications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20: This Is What I Have Learned.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Ethical and Legal Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Munch, Dostoevsky, van Gogh, and a Little Bit of Melville.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"…this book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding and work with suicidal clients.\" (Healthcare Counselling and Psycotherapy Jnl. Vol.4; No. 2, April 2004)  \u003cp\u003e\"...The volume is unique in its approach to the issue of suicide and development of empirically informed interventions...\" (Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vol.6, No.3, September 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr. Leenaars\u003c\/b\u003e is a registered psychologist in private practice in Windsor, Canada, and is a member of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and was a member of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He was the first Past President of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP), and is a past President of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), the only non-American to date.\u003cbr\u003e He has collaborated with 100 colleagues in over 20 nations, and has published over 100 professional articles or chapters on violence, trauma, suicide, homicide, genocide, and related topics. He has published 10 previous books, and is Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eArchives of Suicide Research\u003c\/i\u003e, the official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. Dr Leenaars is a recipient of the International Association for Suicide Prevention’s Stengel Award, CASP’s Research Award, and AAS’s Shneidman Award, for outstanding contribution in research in suicidology. He is recognized for his international efforts in suicide prevention, and has served as an expert witness in legal cases dealing with wrongful death, suicide, and homicide.  \u003cb\u003eAlmost a million people die by suicide every year\u003c\/b\u003e (WHO estimate)  \u003cp\u003eThe sheer numbers have made suicide prevention a major health target, but effective prevention is not straightforward. Suicide is a complex event, more complex than most of us imagine, calling for an equally complex response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychotherapy with Suicidal People\u003c\/i\u003e provides a multi-component approach, with rich clinical data including many case histories, to guide the reader. Based on decades of research from across the globe, Antoon A. Leenaars takes the reader into the mind of the suicidal person, from the young to the elderly, from the anonymous to the famous. There is no better way to know, and thus to treat, a person.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA plethora of special features makes this volume an international classic and includes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflections of many suicidologists such as Heraclitus, Plato, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim and Edwin Shneidman.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA unique window on the clinical mind of the author.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmpirically supported definition, with applications across age, gender, historical time, as well as culture.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe report of the International Working Group on Ethical and Legal Issues in Suicidology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-centred Approach\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and their trainees, and all clinicians who work with suicidal people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989887566053,"sku":"NP9780470863428","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470863428.jpg?v=1761785798","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/psychotherapy-with-suicidal-people-isbn-9780470863428","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}