Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents: 4 (Publication Series of the Einstein-Montefiore Medical Center Department ofPsychiatry)

Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents: 4 (Publication Series of the Einstein-Montefiore Medical Center Department ofPsychiatry)

by ZIMMERMAN (Author), JamesK.Zimmerman (Editor), Gregory M . Asnis (Editor)

Synopsis

This practical guide reviews current knowledge regarding the biological, psychological and social risk factors for adolescent suicide. Contains clinical guidelines for a variety of treatment modalities such as crisis intervention; psychopharmacological management; intervention; family-centered, psychodynamic, cognitive/behavior and group therapies. Features a program for increasing adolescent participation in outpatient therapy and considers possible future directions of treatment.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 20 Mar 1995

ISBN 10: 0471102369
ISBN 13: 9780471102366

Author Bio
Influenced in his teens by literary luminaries such as Langston Hughes, Dylan Thomas, Gary Snyder, and Lord Buckley, and by Buddhist philosophy and meditation, James K. Zimmerman became a singer/songwriter, arranger, and producer in the music business in his twenties. In his thirties, he obtained a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and edited and wrote chapters for Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents (Wiley, 1995). Recepient of the Cloudbank Poetry Award, the Hart Crane Poetry Award, and the Daniel Varoujan Poetry Award.