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Dennis Ougrin - Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment Manual - 9780340987261 - V9780340987261
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Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment Manual

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Description for Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment Manual Paperback. A guide to the Therapeutic Assessment technique in young people following episodes of self-harm, for use by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and other mental health professionals. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 488.

Self-harm is a distressing and all too common presentation to emergency departments, and yet there is no clear understanding of what it represents, and success rates of interventions to prevent future episodes are enormously variable.

Therapeutic Assessment for self-harm is a pragmatic model, developed by the authors of this book and forming an organic part of the psychosocial assessment following a self-harming incident. Its main features are that firstly, a therapeutic intervention at the time of distress, compared with a standard psychosocial history and risk assessment, improves patients' responses and their willingness to engage in further therapy, and secondly, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340987261
SKU
V9780340987261
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About Dennis Ougrin
Dr Dennis Ougrin MB BS MRCPsych, Kraupl Taylor Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK Dr Tobias Zundel, MB BS MRCPsych Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Dr Audrey Ng MBBCh MRCPsych MA Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Reviews for Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment Manual
"The book is evidence-based with very extensive references and makes excellent use of case studies and examples... I had high expectations from this book, which were all met." BMA Medical Book Awards 2010

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