Suicide Prevention Contracting: The Pitfalls, Perils, and Seven Safer Alternatives
- ISBN-10
- 076570997X
- ISBN-13
- 9780765709974
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 196
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-12-11
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Stephen J. Edwards
Description
Suicide Prevention Contracting: The Pitfalls, Perils, and Seven Safer Alternatives demonstrates that suicide prevention contracting, a widely adopted but little-understood form of suicide prevention, is almost wholly counterproductive and potentially dangerous for both patients and the clinician attempting to assist them. Edwards and Goj make a compelling case for this alarming pronouncement and offer seven alternative procedures.
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