Suicide Risk Management – A Manual for Health Professionals

Stan Kutcher MD FRCPC is one of the world's leading authorities on child and adolescent psychiatry and is the author/editor of several successful books and over 150 scientific papers. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center in Mental Health Training and Policy and Associate Dean of International Medical Development and Research at Dalhousie University. Sonia Chehil MD FRCPC is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Deputy Head of International Psychiatry at Dalhousie University with joint faculty appointments in child and adolescent and international psychiatry.

Introduction. Objectives. 1 Understanding Suicide Risk. 2 Suicide Risk Assessment. 3 Putting it All Together: The Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR). 4 Suicide and Youth. 5 Commonly Encountered Problems in the Evaluation of Suicide Risk. 6 Suicide Prevention. 7 Suicide Intervention. 8 Post-Suicide Interventions. 9 Clinical Vignettes for Group or Individual Study. Appendices. 1. Suicide Risk Assessment Guide (SRAG). 2. Tool for Assessment of Suicide Risk (TASR). 3. 6-item Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS). 4. Chehil and Kutcher Clinical Assessment of Adolescent Depression (CAAD). Index