Risk Management with Suicidal Patients - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1572303026 ISBN 13: 9781572303027

Casa editrice: Guilford Press, 1998

Riassunto

How does the law define "reasonable care" in the treatment of suicidal patients? What are the most clinically and legally appropriate procedures for evaluating and managing suicide risks? And what forms of precautionary planning and documentation are recommended for minimizing the likelihood of malpractice actions? Drawing upon years of clinical experience as well as extensive malpractice claims data and relevant case law, this book outlines effective assessment, management, and treatment procedures that balance the need for high-quality care with the requirements of court-determined and statutory standards. Three widely cited papers on standards of care are accompanied by four new chapters on clinical and legal risk management and issues surrounding pharmacotherapy. Offering frank, balanced coverage of an extremely challenging clinical situation, Risk Management with Suicidal Patients helps psychologists, psychiatrists, and other practitioners develop their own clinically and legally informed strategies for providing the best possible care. It is also an invaluable resource for legal professionals, and may serve as a text in psychology and psychiatry ethics courses and courses on mental health law.

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L'autore:

Bruce Bongar, PhD, is Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP), in Palo Alto, California, Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Director of the joint doctoral program in Psychology and the Law offered by PGSP and Golden Gate University School of Law.

Contenuti:

Bongar, Introduction. Bongar, Maris, Berman, Litman, Outpatient Standards of Care and the Suicidal Patient. Slaby, Outpatient Management of Suicidal Patients. Inpatient Standards of Care and the Suicidal Patient. Part I: Bongar, Maris, Berman, Litman, Silverman, General Clinical Formulations and Legal Considerations. Inpatient Standards of Care and the Suicidal Patient. Part II: Silverman, Berman, Bongar, Litman, Maris, An Integration with Clinical Risk Management. Goldblatt, Silverman, Schatzberg, Psychopharmacological Treatment of Suicidal Inpatients: Medical and Legal Issues. Silverman, Clinical Psychopharmacotherapy with Hospitalized Patients: A Forensic Perspective. Packman, Harris, Legal Issues and Risk Management in Suicidal Patients. Litman, Postscript: Commentary on Chapters 1, 3, and 4. Silverman, Postscript: Reply to Litman.

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• Editore: Guilford Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1572303026
• ISBN 13: 9781572303027
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 197
• Redattore: Bongar Bruce, Berman Alan L., Maris Ronald W., Silverman Morton M., Harris Eric A.