Book contents
- Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Suicide Prevention Overview
- Section 2 Clinical Risk Assessment and Care
- 5 Collaborative Connections
- 6 Prevention-Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment
- 7 Responding to Suicide Risk
- 8 Extending the Impact of Interventions
- 9 Use of Medications in Suicide Prevention
- 10 Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Systems
- Section 3 Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations
- Appendix Resource List
- Index
- References
6 - Prevention-Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment
from Section 2 - Clinical Risk Assessment and Care
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 2021
- Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Suicide Prevention Overview
- Section 2 Clinical Risk Assessment and Care
- 5 Collaborative Connections
- 6 Prevention-Oriented Suicide Risk Assessment
- 7 Responding to Suicide Risk
- 8 Extending the Impact of Interventions
- 9 Use of Medications in Suicide Prevention
- 10 Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Systems
- Section 3 Special Topics: Medicolegal Considerations and Specific Populations
- Appendix Resource List
- Index
- References
Summary
Information about specific risk and protective factors for assessments are presented in Chapter 4. In this chapter, we present selected clinical considerations for integrating and synthesizing information gathered about well-known risk factors so that it can be used to improve our understanding of the individual person and drive plans and responses.
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- Suicide PreventionStahl's Handbooks, pp. 86 - 113Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021