Treating the Suicidal Patient: Cognitive Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 369-382

  Chang, Nadine A ^a   Stanley, Barbara ^b   Brown, Gregory K ^a   Cunningham, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinician and patient, working collaboratively identifying cognitive distortions; Cognitive model of suicidal acts self inflicted, injurious behaviour with any intent to die as a result of behaviour; Cognitive Therapy (CT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) commonly used and effective therapeutic techniques; Cognitive therapy, structured short term, present oriented psychotherapeutic treatment; DBT and CT, superior treatment effects in reducing suicidal crises over TAU; DBT, a psychotherapeutic intervention blending cognitive and behavioural strategies, in CT; Initial goals of treatment accurate account, before suicide attempt; Psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological interventions preventing future suicide attempts; Skills groups, underlying assumption that suicidal individuals, lacking effective coping skills; Treating the suicidal patient cognitive therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872446594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119998556.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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