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Advances in the assessment of suicide risk
Author(s) -
Bryan Craig J.,
Rudd M. David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20222
Subject(s) - risk assessment , psychology , clinical practice , session (web analytics) , suicide risk , clinical judgment , clinical decision making , risk analysis (engineering) , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency , medicine , computer science , nursing , medical physics , family medicine , computer security , world wide web
This article reviews and integrates empirically grounded advances in the assessment of suicidality. The practices discussed are consistent with existing standards of care, practice guidelines, and applicable research. The authors differentiate between risk assessment and prediction and then emphasize the important role of time in risk assessment. We present and illustrate a continuum of suicidality for risk assessment and offer practical recommendations for clinical decision making and treatment. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 62: 185–200, 2006.