Current Psychiatry Reports

, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 87–90 | Cite as

Suicide warning signs in clinical practice

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Abstract

This review discusses suicide warning signs in clinical practice and has three simple goals: 1) to help practitioners differentiate in a clinically meaningful fashion between warning signs and risk factors for suicide; 2) to articulate the link among warning signs for suicide, hopelessness, and intent to die; and 3) to assist practitioners in applying warning signs in day-to-day clinical practice, doing so in a concrete and effective manner.

Keywords

Warning Sign Suicide Risk Consensus Panel Suicide Intent Observable Sign 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of PsychologyTexas Tech UniversityLubbockUSA

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