Adolescent Suicide: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention: An Evidence-Informed Clinical Guide to Risk Assessment, Treatment, Crisis Management, and Postvention - Couverture souple

Scott, Tyrell J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798192117859

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Adolescent Suicide: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention

An Evidence-Informed Clinical Guide to Risk Assessment, Treatment, Crisis Management, and Postvention

Adolescent suicide is a complex and urgent clinical and public-health challenge requiring thoughtful assessment, timely intervention, and coordinated prevention. Adolescent Suicide: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention provides a practical, evidence-informed framework for understanding and responding to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents.

Designed for clinicians, mental health professionals, trainees, educators, and other professionals working with young people, this guide translates essential principles of suicide prevention into clear, clinically useful approaches. It emphasizes comprehensive assessment, individualized risk formulation, therapeutic intervention, safety planning, crisis management, and continuity of care.

The book explores the multifactorial nature of adolescent suicide, including psychiatric disorders, psychosocial stressors, developmental vulnerabilities, family and interpersonal factors, trauma, bullying, substance use, emotional dysregulation, and other circumstances that may contribute to suicide risk. Particular attention is given to distinguishing suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury while recognizing that risk can change rapidly over time.

Key clinical areas include:

- Comprehensive assessment of suicidal ideation and behavior
- Identification and interpretation of suicide risk and protective factors
- Clinical risk formulation and decision-making
- Recognition of warning signs and acute deterioration
- Safety planning and lethal-means safety
- Crisis intervention and stabilization
- Psychotherapeutic and psychosocial approaches
- Family involvement and collaborative care
- Management of psychiatric comorbidity and associated risk
- Follow-up, discharge planning, and continuity of care
- Suicide prevention across clinical, family, school, and community settings
- Postvention following suicide or suicide attempts
- Support for families, peers, clinicians, and affected communities

Rather than relying on a single risk factor, checklist, or prediction tool, the book emphasizes dynamic, individualized clinical assessment and the integration of current circumstances, historical vulnerabilities, protective factors, clinical presentation, and available support systems.

With a practical and clinically focused approach, this book is intended to help readers recognize risk earlier, respond to crises more effectively, communicate with adolescents and families more confidently, and strengthen safety throughout the continuum of care.

Adolescent Suicide: Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention is a valuable clinical reference for anyone seeking a structured and compassionate approach to the assessment, treatment, prevention, and postvention of adolescent suicidal behavior.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798192117859
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 303
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