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Suicide & Self-Harm: Stopping the Pain
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Objectives
- Implement a risk assessment strategy that helps clinicians determine which clients present the highest risk for suicide and self-harm.
- Analyze the concept of suicide “contracts” and communicate their impacts on clients, clinicians, and clinical vigilance.
- Explain how intent differentiates self-mutilation from suicide attempts and accurately identify the one form of self-mutilation that is a warning sign for potential suicide completion.
- Implement techniques for effectively intervening in crisis situations and develop a strategy for determining when and how to hospitalize clients.
- Articulate the role of addictions in the suicidal and self-mutilating population and employ a multi-faceted therapeutic approach that ensures client safety and addresses treatment of the addiction.
- Determine the purpose behind self-injuring behavior and communicate how alternative coping strategies can be introduced in therapy to help clients manage triggering situations without self-harm.
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26/09/2018
Bonus Video - Stabilizing Unsafe Behavior: Suicide & Self-Injury
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Objectives
- Describe the implications of the neuroscience research for understanding and treating traumatized individuals
- Identify the neurobiological causes of self-destructive behavior
- Integrate mindfulness-based therapy techniques into the treatment
- Select appropriate interventions for stabilizing addictive and self-destructive symptoms and behavior
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02/06/2014
Bonus Video - Suicide: The Best Assessment and Treatment Strategies
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Objectives
- Summarize the five suicidal populations
- Describe the overall treatment plan for the suicidal population
- Explain the importance of the suicide attempt
- Describe the primary marker associated with death by suicide
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10/09/2012