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Cognitive Therapy for the Suicidal Patient: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Reilly Christine E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1998.tb01011.x
Subject(s) - feeling , cognition , psychotherapist , psychology , cognitive therapy , clinical psychology , suicidal ideation , psychiatry , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , social psychology
TOPIC. The use of cognitive therapy to treat a suicidal patient. PURPOSE. To demonstrate through the use of a case study, the cognitive therapy method in treating a suicidal patient. SOURCE. The author's own clinical work. CONCLUSION. Suicidal people often demonstrate perfectionism, social sensitivity, difficulty problem solving, and hopelessness. Cognitive therapy addresses these problems by helping patients plan activities, track destructive thinking and its impact on feelings and behaviors, and substitute constructive thinking, thus decreasing hopelessness.