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Career counsellors and suicide risk assessment
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41(4), 2013, pp.363-374.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Recent discussions suggest that career counsellors need to be trained in more holistic frameworks in order to deal with the career and psychological issues of their clients. In particular, research shows a strong connection between employment and suicidality, including changes in socioeconomic status, disruption in employment, sudden unemployment, learning disabilities, occupational stress, difficulties at work and interpersonal conflicts. Many people struggling with work-related issues are likely to suffer from anxiety, depression, isolation or substance misuse, all significant risk factors associated with suicidal ideation. Therefore, by becoming competent in dealing with both vocational and personal issues, career counsellors might be in a unique position to be effective in assessing suicidal risk due to their less stigmatised role in the field. (Publisher abstract)
Huntington's disease
- Author:
- QUARRELL Oliver
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 154p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Huntington's Disease is a genetically inherited condition, the result of severe nerve-cell damage in the brain. Due to the recent identification of the gene involved, and the debilitating nature of the disease, a great many more people are now affected either directly or indirectly (families and carers) by this condition. The majority of people develop the disease between the ages of 35 and 55, so for those that are aware of a genetic inheritance, there are enormous problems to confront - should you carry on life as normal? Should you start a family? In this, the first book on Huntington's disease written for sufferers and their families, advice is given on living with this disabling illness. Written as much for carers as for the patients themselves, the book aims to answer some of the questions that both sufferer and carer might have. With the identification of the responsible gene, genetic counselling is now available for those at risk of developing the disease. Though some may wish not to use these services, the book clearly explains the role of the counsellor, and what help is additionally available from the various patient organisations worldwide.
Impact upon therapy and the therapist when working with suicidal patients: some transference and countertransference aspects
- Author:
- RICHARDS Barbara M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 28(3), August 2000, pp.325-337.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The suicide, or attempted suicide, of a client/patient is something that a substantial number of counsellors and psychotherapists have encountered during their career. In this paper the experience of psychotherapists working with suicidal patients is explored. The findings indicate that suicidal patients can evoke intense feelings within the therapist, and the meanings of this are discussed.
Huntington's disease: psychiatric practice in molecular genetic prediction and diagnosis
- Authors:
- SCOURFIELD Jane, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, February 1997, pp.146-149.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Predictive genetic testing for Huntington's disease has been available in Cardiff since 1987 using linked genetic markers, and since 1993 using direct mutation testing, which can also be used as a diagnostic test. During this period there have been numerous referrals that have require liaison with psychiatric services at all stages of the testing programme. Discusses a series of cases to highlight issues from both genetic prediction and diagnosis that are relevant to psychiatric practice and have arisen during the testing programme. Raises issues concerning competence to consent to testing in the context of psychotic illness; depression and suicidal ideation in test candidates; requests for testing from third parties such as psychiatrists, social services and the courts; and testing of children. Concludes that as genetic testing becomes possible for more disorders the lessons learned from Huntington's disease will provide valuable guidelines for counselling.
Treatment-induced suicide: suicidality as a potential effect of psychiatric drugs
- Author:
- LEHMANN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2(1), Spring 2002, pp.54-58.
Psychiatric treatment, particularly drug treatment, is a factor in causing depression. This paper examines probable links between psychiatric treatment and suicide.
Suicide and internalised relationships: a study from the perspective of psychotherapists working with suicidal patients
- Author:
- RICHARDS Barbara M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 27(1), February 1999, pp.85-98.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A study was conducted into the personal meanings of suicide. It is recognised that early experiences of relationships can have a bearing upon a later tendency towards suicide. This project investigated the representations which these relationships take on within the person's inner world and their effect upon the person's behaviour. One hundred psychotherapists were surveyed, by means of a postal questionnaire, regarding their work with suicidal patients. Discusses the main themes that emerged from the research.
The depressed child and adolescent: developmental and clinical perspectives
- Editor:
- GOODYER Ian M.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 377p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Provides an account of the nature of depression in children and young people. Discusses the historical development of the concept and provides a synthesis of existing knowledge on the normal development of emotion in children and the onset of depression in the older child. Concentrates throughout on both theory and practice.
A handbook of research for the helping professions
- Author:
- SUTTON Carole
- Publisher:
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 425p., tables, diags., bibliog
- Place of publication:
- London