The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of Care

By Bruce Bongar and Glenn R. Sullivan

A source of empirical information on the clinical and legal standards of care for suicidal patients. Combining clinical and legal insight, Dr Bongar proposes a working model for the assessment, management and treatment of suicidal patients in both inpatient and outpatient contexts. His suggestions for optimal clinical practice provide additional guidance on risk-management strategies for suicide prevention and post-vention. This second edition is revised and contains new material on cross-cultural assessment and management, case law, and several risk estimators and assessment scales.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557987610
• ISBN13: 9781557987617
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.5" x 7.3"