The book looks at secondary suicide prevention (treatment for those thinking about
suicide or who are actively suicidal) and is very practically focused. The first
chapter reviews the prevention literature and discusses the healthier nation targets.
The second chapter outlines solution focused brief therapy and presents the evidence
base for this approach. Chapters 3 and 4 focus on risk assessment, management and
medication. Chapter 5 presents an in.depth case study and the final chapter presents
five shorter case studies. The appendices contain examples of exercises that can be
given to clients.

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