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Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior (Paperback)
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Disease, Pain, and Suicidal Behavior (Paperback)
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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: the lifetime risk of suicide in depressed patients the stages
of diseases like multiple sclerosis and the strains placed on the
patient young male schizophrenics and their vulnerability to
self-destructive acts mortality in patients with spinal cord
injuries forced reduction in daily activities for patients with
heart and lung conditions and resulting emotional instability the
high risk of suicide immediately after a cancer diagnosis is given
identifying risk factors for a second attempt at suicide questions
to ask those at risk for suicidal behaviorRecognizing which of your
patients run the risk of committing suicide can be an overwhelming
task because of the multiplicity of factors involved. Disease,
Pain, and Suicidal Behavior, because it examines critically the
existing literature and studies on suicide and suicide risk, can
help you evaluate and prevent suicidal behavior in a timely manner.
You will turn the last of its pages with a much improved
understanding of which illnesses and sufferings present an
increased risk of suicidal behavior.
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