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Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual

Publication ,  Journal Article
Ellis, TE; Goldston, DB
Published in: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
May 1, 2012

In this introduction to a special series of articles on working with suicidal clients, we note that much of the recent growth in theory and research pertaining to suicidal individuals has been contributed by cognitive-behavioral theorists and researchers. This work has established that suicidal people manifest important cognitive vulnerabilities that can be addressed in therapeutic interventions specifically designed for them. Studies to date have produced outcomes that support this framework. We provide brief previews of the collection of articles that follow, which cover safety planning, protocols for evaluating risk, the utility of health behavior theory for informing treatment, mindfulness-based approaches for suicidality, developmental and family considerations, intensive inpatient CBT for individuals in the military, integrated interventions for substance abuse and suicidal behaviors, and coping with the impact of client suicide. We conclude that clinicians are now in a position to begin moving beyond a "therapy as usual" mindset in working with suicidal clients. © 2011.

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Published In

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

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EISSN

1878-187X

ISSN

1077-7229

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

205 / 208

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Ellis, T. E., & Goldston, D. B. (2012). Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(2), 205–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.08.004
Ellis, T. E., and D. B. Goldston. “Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual.” Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 19, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 205–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.08.004.
Ellis TE, Goldston DB. Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2012 May 1;19(2):205–8.
Ellis, T. E., and D. B. Goldston. “Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual.” Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, vol. 19, no. 2, May 2012, pp. 205–08. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.08.004.
Ellis TE, Goldston DB. Working With Suicidal Clients: Not Business as Usual. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 2012 May 1;19(2):205–208.

Published In

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

DOI

EISSN

1878-187X

ISSN

1077-7229

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

205 / 208

Related Subject Headings

  • Clinical Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology