Mental health articles

Working with suicidal patients is often diffi cult and psychologically draining. More often than not the clinician is working at two levels at once. Suicidal patients almost always have an underlying psychological or psychiatric disorder which fi nds expression in suicidal behavior. Hence the clinician must treat the underlying emotional, cognitive, or perceptual dysfunction. At […]

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for suicidal adolescents Beyond theoretical and clinical discussions, there is unfortunately no direct empirical support for the effi cacy of psychodynamic treatment of suicidal adolescents or young adults. While there is little dispute that psychodynamic theories have much to offer both clinically and conceptually, some caution about psychodynamic psychotherapy’s usefulness is in order […]

suicide crisis intervention techniques With regard to suicidality there is one primary goal of crisis intervention: to keep the patient safe until the crisis has resolved. Therefore, extraordinary means of maintaining safety and stability, including voluntary or even involuntary hospitalization, are sometimes necessary. Crisis intervention with suicidal students typically includes these protective measures: (a) restricting […]