Preventing suicide : the solution focused approach / John Henden.

Revised edition of the author's Preventing suicide, c2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- How to use this book -- The book?s : style and purpose -- Defining suicide and self-harm -- Current service provision : risk assessment, management and medication -- Other approaches to helping the suicidal -- What is solution focused brief therapy? -- Suicide encounters : the crucial first ten minutes -- The solution focused approach in working with the suicidal -- Case study : reg and "the demons calling from the deep" -- Some more case vignettes -- Connecting with people and the shift towards suicide mitigation -- Working on the phone with the suicidal person -- Blaming those who take their lives -- International solution focused applications to suicide prevention -- Zero suicides : should this be our goal? -- Where do we go from here? -- Appendix 1 flow diagram for an episode of treatment -- Appendix 2: specialist solution focused training workshops -- References -- Index.