Suicide-Related Behaviour Understanding,

The book is an attempt to make sense of suicide related behaviour in terms of understanding its aetiology and how practitioners can respond in a caring and therapeutic manner. The last 30 years the data gathered has consistently indicated that suicide is a leading cause of death in young people especially men. Alongside this, the incidence of self harm, which has always been high, does not seem to be abating. Some professionals argue that attempted suicide and self harm are both the same entity. This book puts forward that they are two sides of the same coin and this coin is called suicide-related behaviour. This is a general term used in the book to describe all behaviours where the person intended to kill or harm themselves. In doing so relevant issues within the phenomenon of suicide-related behaviour and specific to both self harm and attempted suicide will be explored and addressed.

Columba McLaughlin is the author of Suicide-Related Behaviour: Understanding, Caring and Therapeutic Responses, published by Wiley.

Preface	p. xv
A personal reflection on suicide-related behaviour	p. 1
Experiencing suicide - a shattered innocence	p. 2
Summary	p. 9
Contemporary issues in suicide-related behaviour	p. 11
Suicide-related behaviour - the ultimate contradiction	p. 11
Ethical issues in suicide-related behaviour	p. 15
Rational suicide	p. 19
Euthanasia	p. 21
Legal and religious issues	p. 24
Attitudes to suicide-related behaviour	p. 25
Attitudes of 'others' to suicidal behaviour	p. 28
Competency in interpersonal skills	p. 29
Summary	p. 31
Clarifying the terminology	p. 33
The problem with too many different terms	p. 33
Suicide intent	p. 42
Lethality of method	p. 44
Ambivalence	p. 46
Risk-taking behaviour	p. 47
The concept of suicide-related behaviour	p. 49
Death-orientated suicide-related behaviour	p. 51
Life-orientated suicide-related behaviour	p. 51
Summary	p. 52
The concept of suicide-related behaviour	p. 53
What is suicide-related behaviour?	p. 53
Understanding suicide-related ideation	p. 57
Understanding attempted suicide	p. 62
Understanding suicide	p. 65
Understanding self-harm	p. 68
Repetitive self-harm	p. 74
Summary	p. 76
The descent into crisis	p. 79
Why suicide-related behaviour?	p. 79
What are stressors?	p. 82
Theoretical perspectives on stressors	p. 84
The biological perspective	p. 84
The psychological perspective	p. 85
The psychoanalytical perspective	p. 87
The psychodynamic developmental perspective	p. 89
The cognitive perspective	p. 91
The situational or stressful life events perspective	p. 92
The social integration perspective	p. 101
The mental ill-health perspective	p. 103
Crisis	p. 107
Summary of stressors leading to suicide-related behaviour	p. 109
Responding to crisis	p. 111
A person's response to crisis	p. 111
The biological response to stressors	p. 112
Coping abilities as buffers against stressors	p. 113
Cognitive and emotional responses as buffers against stressors	p. 114
Social support as a buffer against stressors	p. 115
Positive attitude as a buffer against stressors	p. 116
Individual differences as buffers against stressors	p. 117
The person's behavioural response to crisis	p. 118
Help seeking behaviour - contact with the caring services	p. 121
Stressor resolved	p. 124
Stressor unresolved - crisis	p. 124
Summary	p. 126
Caring responses to suicide-related behaviour	p. 127
The case for a caring response	p. 128
Personal qualities of the practitioner	p. 130
Self-awareness	p. 131
Confidentiality	p. 132
Unconditional positive regard	p. 133
Congruence	p. 134
Empathy	p. 134
The skills required in the therapeutic relationship	p. 135
Non-verbal cues as a means of communicating	p. 136
Verbal responses in the therapeutic relationship	p. 138
Paraphrasing in the therapeutic relationship	p. 138
Reflection in the therapeutic relationship	p. 141
Questions in the therapeutic relationship	p. 142
Silence in the therapeutic relationship	p. 143
An example of a caring response	p. 144
Summary	p. 153
Therapeutic responses to suicide-related behaviour	p. 155
A medical response - medications	p. 156
A therapeutic response - additional notes	p. 159
A therapeutic response - the assessment	p. 159
Set induction	p. 161
Assess events leading up to admission	p. 162
Assess personal history	p. 163
The care plan	p. 164
A therapeutic response - problem management	p. 165
A therapeutic response - challenging negative cognitions	p. 168
The initial assessment	p. 171
Making the A - C link	p. 171
Making the B - C link	p. 172
A caring and therapeutic response to self-harm	p. 174
Summary	p. 177
References	p. 179
Index	p. 205
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