Recognition of Suicide Risk, Crisis Helplines, and Psychosocial Interventions: A Selective Review

International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 435-456

  O'connor, Rory C ^a   Rasmussen, Susan ^b   Beautrais, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

'good practice' principles recognition and assessment of suicide risk, prisons and emergency departments; Crisis helplines calls, including thoughts of suicide; European Commission, funding project, Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programmes and their Implementation in Europe (OSPI Europe); Larkin's substance abuse screening using same computerized tool; Psychosocial interventions, and activities aiding in suicide risk identification; Risk of suicidal behaviour in jails and prisons, as prisoners with suicidal behaviour; Risk recognition and assessment in prisons, and emergency departments; Selected psychosocial interventions emergency or crisis cards, postcard interventions; Suicide risk recognition, crisis helplines and psychosocial interventions; Suicide risk, a better recognition in prisons and suicidal behaviours, elevated

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880911559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119998556.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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