ABSTRACT

Self-harm is a distressing and all too common presentation to emergency departments, and yet there is no clear understanding of what it represents, and success rates of interventions to prevent future episodes are enormously variable.Therapeutic Assessment for self-harm is a pragmatic model, developed by the authors of this book and forming an orga

chapter 1|18 pages

DEFINING SELF-HARM

ByDennis Ougrin, Tobias Zundel

chapter 2|18 pages

PREVALENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF SELF-HARM

ByDennis Ougrin, Marinos Kyriakopoulos

chapter 3|12 pages

THE GENETICS OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

ByColin Campbell

chapter 4|10 pages

THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF SELF-HARM

ByElaine Chung

chapter 6|14 pages

EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 7|12 pages

ENGAGEMENT

ByDennis Ougrin, Saqib Latif

chapter 9|14 pages

TESTING THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT IN REAL LIFE

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 10|6 pages

TA OVERVIEW

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 11|16 pages

HISTORY TAKING

ByTobias Zundel

chapter 12|16 pages

DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 13|4 pages

INSTILLING HOPE

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 14|14 pages

ASSESSING AND ENHANCING MOTIVATION

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 15|10 pages

USING A FUTURE ORIENTED REFLEXIVE APPROACH

ByDennis Ougrin

chapter 16|6 pages

PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES

ByAudrey Ng

chapter 17|12 pages

USING SYSTEMIC AND NARRATIVE APPROACHES TO CREATE EXITS

ByTobias Zundel

chapter 18|14 pages

USING CBT TECHNIQUES

ByAudrey Ng

chapter 19|16 pages

USING INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES

chapter 20|12 pages

MENTALISATION-BASED INTERVENTIONS