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Cognitive Approaches to Suicide
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From page 10...
... Major risk factors for suicide, whether psychiatric disorders, biological factors, or the impact of stressful events, must be attended to as an essential part of any suicide prevention strategy. Underlying vulnerabilities are what allow contagion to facilitate the route to suicide in certain individuals.
From page 11...
... Dr. Beck reported robust differences in suicide rate and clinical course of suicidal behaviors depending on the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
From page 12...
... Some of the therapeutic effect occurs after the cessation of the therapy sessions, during followup, which involves lower frequency, briefer, and less interpersonally intensive clinic appointments. The conference attendees discussed possible mechanisms for the continued efficacy after therapy sessions ended, including generalization of learned coping skills to more life-situations over time, or reduction in dependence when therapy ends.


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