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\"Proposed book takes a new look at suicide and its treatment. He contends that suicide is not a symptom of a mental disorder, but an action taken by an individual who is in an acute state of extreme emotional pain and distress. This shift in perspective has led to the creation of a new treatment modality that has had extraordinary outcomes: dramatic reductions in the number of suicides in patients who treated with this methodology. The Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP) uses just three sessions to address the very personal experiences and needs of people experiencing suicidal ideation or urges. A central tenet of Michel's program and book is that under high levels of emotional stress and psychological pain, our brain functions are dramatically altered and our ability to make rational decisions is severely impaired. Michel believes that most who die by suicide would later regret the decision, but of course they are unable to correct the decision. Inspired by a revolutionary 1998 paper by Eric Kandel, Michel takes the reader through the evolving techniques of functional brain research and describes the first studies that demonstrated how brain function relates to suicide. He explores questions about what happens in the brain when we make decisions - including fatal ones like suicide\"-- Provided by publisher.

Why does someone resolve to take his own life in order to murder other people? What is the state of mind which allows him to commit such a monstrous act? This book explores the mental state that compels certain individuals to perform such murderous and suicidal acts.

Death is a topic people are reluctant to ponder. Neither is dying a process that is usually being openly discussed. However, on a variety of occasions, dying and death are on a person's minds, under some sensitive circumstances, he or she are eager to discuss with a close person, a friend, a professional. The present volume, the second in the Series on Dying and Death, is meant to enrich personal experience of dying or death by providing its reader with knowledge and understanding of some aspects of dying or death. Section 1 describes practices of mourning, in different times and places: USA during the Civil War (Ashley Byock), the Island of Viz, between Croatia and Italy (Kathleen Young), present day Israel (Asa Kasher), medieval Serbia (Mira Crouch) and post-Holocaust USA (Paula David). Section 2 consists of reflections on mourning. It includes philosophical discussions of Friendship (Gary Peters), Grace (Dana Freibach-Heifetz), and the Other (Havi Carel), all in the context of mourning, as well as Mourning itself as a skill (Marguerite Peggy Flynn). Section 3 brings papers on culture and suicide, in early modern Holland (Laura Cruz), in historical Japan (Lawrence Fouraker), as well as in the Jazz age (Kathleen Jones). Section 4 discusses different predicaments of medics facing death and dying: terminal diagnosis (Angela Armstrong-Coster), palliative patients (Anna Taube), and the hospice setting (Elizabeth Gill).

Told through the first-hand experience of mental health advocate, activist and speaker Kevin Hines (who has bipolar disorder), the story is an honest account of the struggle to live mentally well, and teach others how to do the same. It educates the public about mental illness and helps anyone reading find hope in any situation.

Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches for Suicidal Adolescents: Translating Science Into Practice combines state-of-the-art research and treatment development with clinical descriptions of evidence-based and evidence-informed treatment strategies for adolescents struggling with suicidality and self-harm. The book provides important information on clinical approaches that have shown promise in reducing the risk of suicide attempts and self-harm in teens and preventing the tragedy of premature death by suicide. Following two chapters on risk assessment and safety planning, six chapters present different approaches to psychosocial treatment. Although some approaches share common theoretical roots, and most address similar targets and mechanisms (e.g., restricting access to lethal means of self-harm, enhancing family support and functioning, and strengthening emotion regulation), each treatment modality has important differences and distinct strengths. The book's final chapter addresses pharmacological strategies for managing and treating suicidality. This combination of information on risk assessment and management, safety planning, psychosocial treatment, and pharmacologic treatment reflects the perspective that psychosocial and biologically based risk and protective factors are increasingly recognized as crucial for improving the mental health of and outcomes for adolescents and their families. The volume's many useful features include the following: • The book is user-friendly. Each treatment chapter follows a common structure: overview, theoretical model, review of current empirical evidence, primary treatment components and intervention strategies, case example, recommendations for implementing the approach in practice, resources for obtaining training, and suggested readings. Readers can easily find relevant information and compare treatment approaches.• The book is practice friendly. By offering a review of existing evidence-based treatments for at-risk adolescents in one accessible volume, the book makes it easier for clinicians to learn about current findings in the field and to choose between existing approaches. Moreover, the clinically rich chapters contain case examples and suggestions for implementing each treatment into practice across a range of settings. • The book is pragmatic. Recognizing that clinicians attempting to implement these promising treatments in community practice with limited resources may encounter challenges, the authors include a table at the end of each treatment chapter describing elements that may more easily be put into practice when implementation of the full treatment protocol is not feasible.• The book emphasizes risk assessment and safety. Risk and protective factors are explored in-depth, as are strategies for enhancing safety. These strategies are relatively straightforward, but they have the enormous potential to save lives. An indispensable resource not only for clinicians working across diverse practice settings, Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches for Suicidal Adolescents: Translating Science Into Practice will also prove valuable to policy makers, health and behavioral health system leaders, and researchers engaged in the critically important work of reducing suicide among adolescents.

Appréhender le suicide pour mieux le prévenir. Toutes les 40 secondes, quelque part dans le monde, quelqu'un se donne la mort. En Belgique, on estime à 2 000 le nombre de morts par suicide chaque année. Ces chiffres symbolisent la nécessité de mettre en place des outils efficaces afin de suivre au mieux les personnes à tendances suicidaires. Au fil des pages, l'auteur présente une série d'outils inédits sous forme de fiches pratiques que le lecteur pourra utiliser directement dans le cadre de ses consultations ou de ses recherches. Tous ont comme objectifs l'évaluation et l'orientation des patients. Ils sont accompagnés de cas pratiques visant à guider de façon concrète le praticien ou le médecin dans son intervention. A travers cet ouvrage, découvrez, sous forme de fiches pratiques, une série d'outils inédits destinés à l'évaluation et à l'orientation des patients. EXTRAITCe dernier paragraphe récapitule de manière synthétique la présence des signes d'alerte (warnings signs) et, bien qu'ils ne prédisent pas le geste suicidaire, la présence d'un seul d'entre eux donne une gravité particulière à la crise. À l'inverse, cependant, leur absence ne signifie pas qu'il n'y aura pas de passage à l'acte. Ces signes sont: - une menace directe/annonce d'immédiateté; - une activité suicidaire délirante ou hallucinée; - un antécédent suicidaire grave; - un plan clair et défini; - une recherche active de moyens autolytiques; - un état de grande agitation ou une inertie complète; - une suspicion de dissimulation d'information (mensonge, etc.).À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Jérémie Vandevoorde est docteur en Psychologie clinique et chargé des cours à l'université Paris Ouest Nanterre – La Défense. Il travaille depuis une dizaine d'années dans le suivi des personnes à tendances suicidaires. Ses travaux de recherche portent essentiellement sur la suicidologie, le passage à l'acte hétéro et auto-agressif, l'évaluation en Protection de l'Enfance, les phénomènes dissociatifs et la psychologie de l'action.