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Practitioner Review: Practitioner Review: The Aftercare of Adolescents with Deliberate Self‐harm
Author(s) -
Brent David A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01512.x
Subject(s) - psychology , deliberate self harm , psychopathology , suicide prevention , harm , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , injury prevention , identification (biology) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , botany , biology
The evaluation and aftercare of the adolescent suicide attempter is described. The assessment of suicidal risk is aimed at the identification of those factors present in the patient and environment that make repetition of suicidal behavior likely. These factors, along with the motivation and precipitant for the suicide attempt, are used to determine the intensity of care and targets of treatment. Important elements of treatment include: obtaining a no‐suicide Contract, addressing potential sources of noncompliance. determining proper intensity of treatment, provision of family psycho education addressing ongoing family difficulties, treatment of co‐occurring psychopathology and remediation of social skills and problem‐solving deficits.