Suicide and Psychological Pain: Prevention That Works

by Jack Klott

Identify suicide potential from the latest clinical research on risk factors, the impact of mental disorders, social stressors, and psychological vulnerability. Inside you will find tools to help those individuals who are engaging in self-injury and homicidal behaviors.

Filled with specific examples and stories, effective assessments, strategies for treatment planning, and evidence-based interventions this is an essential resource for all therapists.

Genres: Psychology

147 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

Reviews

[LLL]

Quick yet detailed read about how to understand, assess, and treat individuals contemplating suicide. Recommended to me by multiple social work professionals. Great resource for therapists!

[Nina]

This title is concise, you will find the basic information about the topic with references about further reading given throughout the book. Most likely this is something for people who deal with the subject professionally, such as therapists. The paperback edition is from 2012, the literature referred to in it is accordingly some years older, ranging with a few from around the 1970s, with most titles from the 1980s and 1990s up to 2009. However, that does not take away from what you can find about risk factors, disorders, assessment, and treatment. In addition, there are case studies, which is basically a great idea, though I would have wished for a bit more of that. What I would have liked is a keyword index with pages. The table of contents is well-structured, but an additional index would definitely have helped. Due to the only 147 pages not having one is maybe ok, though.
5 out of 5 stars.

[zac carter]

this book could be quite beneficial for students planning to be clinicians, but otherwise felt mostly made up of common information on risk assessment and the symptoms of those with varying levels of suicidality. i did appreciate the brief case studies shared throughout; the discussion in chapter one about which diagnoses, including folx with comorbidity diagnoses, have the highest rates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicides; and the thoroughness of the chapter covering assessment tools.

[Autumn Flansburg]

Very informative, would recommend to anyone interested in therapy/counseling work and the like. It gave me some terminology to better describe how I'm feeling.

[Heather]

Problem Solving Skills.
Coping Skills.
Locust of Pain.
Focus on the Pain.
Give Hope.

[Lisa]

This is a must read for anyone who is working in mental health. Very quick read, straight and to the point.