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Early Psychosis: A Novel Gateway For Suicide Prevention, Amresh Srivastava, Megan Johnston
Early Psychosis: A Novel Gateway For Suicide Prevention, Amresh Srivastava, Megan Johnston
Amresh Srivastava
Early psychosis: A Novel Gateway For Suicide Prevention
Amresh Shrivastava 1, Megan Johnston 2 Address: 1. Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada); Mental Health Foundation of India (PRERANA Charitable Trust) and Silver Mind Hospital, 209 Shivkripa Complex, Gokhale Road, Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 400 602 (Present Address: Regional Mental Health Care, 467 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada N5H 3V9; 2. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.
Early psychosis and early intervention initiative in by now a well established model for treatment …
Risk Assessment For Suicide Behaviour, Amresh Srivastava, Charles Nelson, Megan Johnston
Risk Assessment For Suicide Behaviour, Amresh Srivastava, Charles Nelson, Megan Johnston
Amresh Srivastava
This is an audio-visual about risk assessment of suicide behavior. Part 1. Reformulating the concept of RISK and a New instrument for assessment: Risk assessment is an important clinical responsibility, which can be ‘life-saving’. Literature on risk factors has become voluminous; however a traditional risk assessment does not take into account the most relevant factors. This reflects the prevailing conceptualization of risk, which has not been fully and completely tied to clinical outcomes. Psychopathology is currently understood in biopsychosocial terms. A more progressive conceptualization of risk should consider the interplay of both, risk and protective factors. The present work proposes …