THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF BEHAVIORAL EMERGENCIES AND CRISES

• Section I: A Framework for Practice and Training
Chapter1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Integrative Perspectives on Behavioral Emergencies and Crises
Chapter 3. Training for Decision Making under the Stress of Emergency Conditions
• Section II: Behavioral Emergencies with Youth
Chapter 4. The Evaluation and Management of Suicide Risk in Adolescents in the Context of Interpersonal Violence
Chapter 5. Evaluating Violence Risk in Children and Adolescents
Chapter 6. Children as Victims: Preventing and Reporting Child Maltreatment and Abuse
Chapter 7. Bullying and Peer Aggression in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Suicide Management
Chapter 8. Targeted Violence in Schools
• Section III: Behavioral Emergencies with Adults
Chapter 9. Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk with the Adult Patient
Chapter 10. Evaluating and Managing the Risk of Violence in Clinical Practice with Adult Patients
Chapter 11.Victims of Violence: Evaluation and Management
Chapter 12. Evaluating and Managing Suicide Risk in Veterans
Chapter 13. Assessing Acute Risk of Violence in Military Veterans
Chapter 14. Intimate Partner Violence: Evaluation of Victims and Perpetrators
Chapter 15. Homicide/Suicide
Chapter 16. Victims of Sexual Violence: Evaluation and Management
Chapter 17. Abuse of Persons with Disabilities: Prevention and Reporting
Chapter 18. Decision Support Tools in the Evaluation of Risk for Violence
Chapter 19. Interventions for Acute Agitation
Chapter 20. The Neurobiology of Suicide and Implicatoiions for Treatment and Prevention
Chapter 21. Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression
• Section IV: Behavioral Emergencies with the Elderly
Chapter 22. Working Sensitively and Effectively to Reduce Suicide Risk among Older Adults: A Humanistic Approach
Chapter 23. Aggression and Violence in the Elderly
Chapter 24. Elder Abuse: Prevention and Reporting
Chapter 25. Medical Illness, Suicide, and Assisted Death
• Section V. Crises and Conditions Associated with Behavioral Emergencies
Chapter 26. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Its Relation to Suicidal Behavior
Chapter 27. Neurological Disorders and Symptoms Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
Chapter 28. Endocrine Disorders Associated with Psychological/Behavioral Problems
• Section VI. The Treatment of Patients with Recurrent or Ongoing Risk
Chapter 29. The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Individuals at Risk of Recurrent Suicidal Behavior
Chapter 30. Interventions for the Reduction of Violence by Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses
Chapter 31. The Psychological Treatment of Victims of Interpersonal Violence
• Section VII: Legal, Ethical, and Psychological Risk Management
Chapter 32. Legal and Ethical Risk Management with Behavioral Emergencies
Chapter 33. The Duty to Protect
Chapter 34. When Negative Events Happen: Dealing with the Stress
• Section VIII: Conclusion
Chapter 35. Future Directions and Conclusion

The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Emergencies and Crises includes the most up-to-date and valuable research on the evaluation and management of the most challenging patients or clients faced by mental health providers-individuals who are at high risk of suicide, of other-directed violence, or of becoming the victims of interpersonal violence. These are cases in which the outcome can be serious injury or death, and there can be negative consequences not only for the patient, but also for the patient's family and friends, for the assessing or treating clinician, and for the patient's clinic or medical center. Virtually all mental health clinicians with an active caseload will see individuals with such issues. This Handbook is comprised of chapters by leading clinicians, researchers, and scholars in this area of practice. It presents a framework for learning the skills needed for assessing and working competently with such high-risk individuals. Chapters draw a distinction between behavioral emergencies and crises, and between emergency intervention and crisis intervention. The book examines the inter-related aspects of the major behavioral emergencies; that is, for example, the degree to which interpersonal victimization may lead an individual on a pathway to later suicidal or violent behavior, or the degree to which suicidal individuals and violent individuals may share certain cognitive characteristics. This resource is not simply a knowledge base for behavioral emergencies; it also presents a method for reducing stress and acquiring skills in working with high-risk people.

Features
• Excellent resource for learning to assess and manage cases involving individuals who are at risk to self or others
• Offers the most comprehensive coverage of behavioral emergencies to date, including a life-span orientation
• Includes chapters on the evaluation and management of suicide risk, violence risk, and the risk of interpersonal victimization in youth, in adults, and in the elderly
• Chapters are evidence-based or evidence-informed
• Editor describes a naturalistic decision-making model meant for the fast-moving and dynamic circumstances of behavioral emergencies
• Part of the OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY Series

Author
Phillip M. Kleespies, PhD, ABPP, is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and a Clinical Psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He has been a pioneer in developing the area of psychological practice known as behavioral emergencies. Dr. Kleespies was the founding President of the Section on Clinical Emergencies and Crises, a section of the APA Society of Clinical Psychology. His many publications and his mentoring have emphasized acquiring a knowledge base as well as clinical skill in decision making under dynamic conditions with high-risk individuals.