I. Establishing a Foundation for Treatment
1. What Do We Really Know about Treating Suicidality?: A Critical
Review of the Literature
2. A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Suicidality
3. An Overview of the Treatment Process
II. Assessment and Treatment
4. Treatment Course and Session-by-Session Guidelines
5. The Evaluation Process and the Initial Interviews
6. Assessing Suicide Risk
7. Crisis Intervention and Initial Symptom Management
8. Reducing and Eliminating Suicide-Related Behaviors
9. Cognitive Restructuring: Changing the Suicidal Belief System and
Building a Philosophy for Living
10. Skill Building: Developing Adaptive Modes and Ensuring Lasting
Change
M. David Rudd, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of
Clinical Training at Baylor University. He also maintains a
part-time private practice. Dr. Rudd received his doctorate from
the University of Texas at Austin and completed postdoctoral
training at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia. He is the author of
over 60 articles and book chapters.
Thomas E. Joiner, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of
the Psychology Clinic at Florida State University. He completed his
doctoral training at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Joiner
has authored over 100 articles and book chapters in the areas of
depression, eating disorders, and suicidality.
M. Hasan Rajab, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Texas A&M Health Science
Center. Dr. Rajab completed his doctoral training in biostatistics
at Texas A&M University. He is the author of several articles
addressing a range of issues in methodology and biostatistics.
Offer[s] clinicians for the first time a flexible and unique
therapeutic program that is direct, time-limited, and buttressed by
empirical support. Thus, clinicians facing the urgency of suicidal
behavior can decide on the content and timing of interventions
designed to eliminate suicidal behavior, and assess in an ongoing
way the effectiveness of their efforts. Even if not often
confronted with suicidal behavior, clinicians who become familiar
with the procedures outlined in this manual will gain confidence in
their ability to deal with suicidal crises. --From the Series
Editor Note by David H. Barlow
This important book presents a short-term cognitive-behavioral
treatment model that will be perused with interest by all
contemporary suicidologists. The authors are exemplary
scientist-practitioners within the field of psychology. They have
produced a noteworthy, clinically useful contribution. --Edwin S.
Shneidman, PhD., Professor of Thanatology Emeritus, University of
California, Los Angeles
From premier scholar-clinicians, this remarkable book deftly guides
the practitioner through the considerable challenges of working
with suicidal patients. It is among the first (and only)
comprehensive works of its kind. The authors manage to incorporate
the wisdom of empirical science into a realistic and user-friendly
practical approach, a rare accomplishment in the contemporary
literature. The liberal use of intriguing case examples helps
illustrate a broad range of theoretically grounded, intuitively
appealing techniques and interventions that are essential to
lifesaving clinical work. Written with great clarity, the book will
be valuable for everyone from graduate students to mature
clinicians. I am certain that the ripple of this book's impact on
the field of clinical suicidology will be seen for many years to
come. --David A. Jobes, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Catholic
University of America; Past President, American Association of
Suicidology
This book fills an important gap in the array of manualized
treatment approaches that are currently available. Drawing on
extensive research and experience in the treatment of suicidal
individuals, the authors have fashioned a flexible, empirically
validated, time-limited approach that will be welcomed by
therapists of all persuasions. The book provides specific, detailed
information on the 'why' and 'how' of a variety of integrated
techniques. Replete with assessment forms, charts, and practical
guidelines, this book will serve as a basic reference for
therapists facing one of the most challenging clinical situations.
--George A. Clum, PhD, Department of Psychology, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
- The text has numerous strengths including its theoretically
grounded approach towards assessing suicide risk, clear
session-by-session outlines of the implementation of both short-
and long-term treatment strategies, and rich descriptions of
empirical support for the techniques proposed....An exceptional
guide to help clinicians effectively and efficiently treat
suicidality, and the authors animate the test by providing a
multitude of client worksheets, session transcripts, and flow
charts. This book will definitely be on my list of recommendations
for students and colleagues who want either to build or to
strengthen their foundation in conducting cognitive therapy.
--Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Book Reviews, 7/28/2004ƒƒ Provides
practitioners with a working manual for dealing with the most
serious, complex, and potentially lethal clinical problem found in
any treatment and psychiatric rehabilitation setting....Should be
on the shelf of all practitioners who interface and treat suicidal
individuals. --Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 7/28/2004ƒƒ A
lifeline for both the patient and the therapist....Provides a rich
web of techniques, advice, suggestions, and instructions to which
the therapist and patient can hold onto in times of a
life-and-death crisis without the therapist being overburdened by
the sense of responsibility or the patient with uncontrollable
anxiety....Very impressive. --Death Studies, 7/28/2004ƒƒ By
incorporating the clinical information contained in this book,
clinicians will be better able to decide when and how to
effectively intervene in the suicidal syndrome....This book is
comprehensive, well-organized, and articulate. --Journal of Nervous
and Mental Disease, 7/28/2004
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