How to Identify Suicidal People: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment [Paperback]

Thomas White (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0914783831 | ISBN-13: 978-0914783831 | Edition: 1

Author is a clinical psychologist. Reference for mental health professionals who work with potentially suicidal people. Discusses the author's new method, an actual system, of conducting risk assessments that are clinically sound, professionally responsible, and legally defensible. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: Charles Press Pubs(PA); 1 edition (September 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914783831
• ISBN-13: 978-0914783831
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #511,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to conduct a proper suicide evaluation, February 3, 2003

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This review is from: How to Identify Suicidal People: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment (Paperback)

Dr. Tom White offers a persuasive view in how to properly evaluate suicide risk by using a systematic approach. As a former colleague of mine, I expected Dr. White to write an excellent book on this topic; because, as part of his job, before he retired, he reconstructed what led up to inmate suicides in the North Central Region for the U.S. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Prisons. Therefore, he, more than most, was able to see what was missed by the evaluating clinician and other staff. His book was interesting, well-written, and useful. It serves to remind the evaluating clinican to cover all the bases when conducting a suicide assessment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clinician Using the Book as a Textbook for Graduate Students, January 9, 2003

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"wjmwphd" (Colorado Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Identify Suicidal People: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment (Paperback)

Dr. White's book is a neccesary read for all clinicians but is most important as a textbook for graduate psychology students. As practitioners, all of us realize that academic training in this vital area is lacking. Dr. White's book has consolidated the state of the art and then formulated the components needed for a thorough assessment process which also provides potential legal protection for the clinician. This is not a self-help book for the suicidal and depressed, it is not a therapy guide, it is an evaluative process description that serves very well in real world applications. My graduate students will be better prepared to handle the assessment of suicidal people by the time we have finished the book and course.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Identify Suicidal People - Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment, August 14, 2007

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This review is from: How to Identify Suicidal People: A Systematic Approach to Risk Assessment (Paperback)

I found this resource to be a comprehensive review of etiology and prediction. Thoughtful, concise; a good resource for Court testimony and the implications therein.