The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Emergencies and Crises

Phillip M. Kleespies, PhD, ABPP, is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and a Clinical Psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He has been a pioneer in developing the area of psychological practice known as behavioral emergencies. Dr. Kleespies was the founding President of the Section on Clinical Emergencies and Crises, a section of the APA Society of Clinical Psychology. His many publications and his mentoring have emphasized acquiring a knowledge base as well as clinical skill in decision making under dynamic conditions with high-risk individuals.

Section I: A Framework for Practice and Training

Chapter1. Introduction
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Chapter 2. Integrative Perspectives on Behavioral Emergencies and Crises
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Chapter 3. Training for Decision Making under the Stress of Emergency Conditions
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Section II: Behavioral Emergencies with Youth

Chapter 4. The Evaluation and Management of Suicide Risk in Adolescents in the Context of Interpersonal Violence
Anthony Spirito, Kimberly O'Brien, Megan Ranney, and Judelysse Gomez

Chapter 5. Evaluating Violence Risk in Children and Adolescents
Randy Borum

Chapter 6. Children as Victims: Preventing and Reporting Child Maltreatment and Abuse
Cynthia Cupit Swenson and Sarah L. Logan

Chapter 7. Bullying and Peer Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Suicide Management
Samantha Pflum, Peter Goldblum, Joyce Chu, and Bruce Bongar

Chapter 8. Targeted Violence in Schools
Randy Borum

Section III: Behavioral Emergencies with Adults

Chapter 9. Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk with the Adult Patient
Bruce Bongar, Glenn Sullivan, Victoria Kendrick, and Joseph Tomlins

Chapter 10. Evaluating and Managing the Risk of Violence in Clinical Practice with Adult Patients
Daniel Murrie and Sharon Kelley

Chapter 11.Victims of Violence: Evaluation and Management
Michael R. McCart and Kristyn Zajac

Chapter 12. Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk in Veterans
Phillip M. Kleespies and Christopher G. AhnAllen

Chapter 13. Assessing Acute Risk of Violence in Military Veterans
Eric B. Elbogen and Robert Graziano

Chapter 14. Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluation of Victims and Perpetrators
Casey T. Taft, Adam D. LaMotte, and Karina S. Gilbert

Chapter 15. Homicide/Suicide
Marc Hillbrand

Chapter 16. Victims of Sexual Violence: Evaluation and Management
Heidi S. Resnick, Kate L. Walsh, and Christal L. Badour

Chapter 17. Abuse of Persons with Disabilities: Prevention and Reporting
Angela Kuemmel

Chapter 18. Decision Support Tools in the Evaluation of Risk for Violence
Adam J. E. Blanchard, Catherine S. Shaffer, and Kevin S. Douglas

Chapter 19. Interventions for Acute Agitation
Stephen M. Strenges and Glenn W. Currier

Chapter 20. The Neurobiology of Suicide and Implicatoiions for Treatment and Prevention
Victoria Arango and Mark D. Underwood

Chapter 21. Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression
Jennifer R. Fanning and Emil F. Coccaro

Section IV: Behavioral Emergencies with the Elderly

Chapter 22. Working Sensitively and Effectively to Reduce Suicide Risk among Older Adults: A Humanistic Approach
Marnin J. Heisel and Paul R. Duberstein

Chapter 23. Aggression and Violence in the Elderly
Reva B. Klein

Chapter 24. Elder Abuse: Prevention and Reporting
Joah L. Williams, Melba Hernandez, and Ron Acierno

Chapter 25. Medical Illness, Suicide, and Assisted Death
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Section V. Crises and Conditions Associated with Behavioral Emergencies

Chapter 26. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Its Relation to Suicidal Behavior
Joseph C. Franklin and Matthew K. Nock

Chapter 27. Neurological Disorders and Symptoms Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
Maxine H. Krengel and Roberta F. White

Chapter 28. Endocrine Disorders Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
Tara L. Lauriat and Jacqueline A. Samson

Section VI. The Treatment of Patients with Recurrent or Ongoing Risk

Chapter 29. The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Individuals at Risk of Recurrent Suicidal Behavior
John C. Bradley

Chapter 30. Interventions for the Reduction of Violence by Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses
Kevin S. Douglas, Tonia L. Nicholls, and Johann Brink

Chapter 31. The Psychological Treatment of Victims of Interpersonal Violence
Monica M. Fitzgerald and Nyla Nassar

Section VII: Legal, Ethical, and Psychological Risk Management

Chapter 32. Legal and Ethical Risk Management with Behavioral Emergencies
Dana Lockwood, Houri Parsi, Wendy Packman, and Bruce Bongar

Chapter 33. The Duty to Protect
James L. Werth, Jr.

Chapter 34. When Negative Events Happen: Dealing with the Stress
Phillip M. Kleespies, Basak Efe, and Rebecca Ametrano

Section VIII: Conclusion

Chapter 35. Future Directions and Conclusion
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Index