Suicide Prevention Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781108463621 ISBN-10: 1108463622 Copyright: 2021 Edition: 1st Author: Moutier, Christine Yu, Pisani, Anthony R., Stahl, Stephen M., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 100 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Daniel Tuinstra,  MD  (Holland Hospital) Description This handbook is designed as a concise but wide-ranging guide to suicide risk and prevention. Purpose Intended as a broad summary of suicide prevention, the book covers application of suicide science and practical descriptions of screening and assessment options as well as concrete examples of prevention and management options. It also includes information important to treating professionals, such as medicolegal risk and navigating these responsibilities. Finally, it describes a systems perspective, reviews responsibility for suicide prevention, and devotes several chapters to special populations. Audience The target audience includes any professionals who may care for patients at risk of suicide. This includes psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, primary care physicians, and other primary care professionals. Features The book is impressively designed with each highly focused chapter stating the topic, describing the topic, and reviewing what was taught. It makes liberal use of bullet points, summary boxes, and appropriate use of brief case examples. The book skillfully uses high-yield figures to describe concepts with refreshing use of color and other design features to make this material memorable and a great quick reference for treating professionals. The chapters on medicolegal risk are unique and needed. Specific, concrete, operationalized examples of how to implement concepts in practice appear throughout the book, giving it great practical value. Assessment This is a refreshing addition to the literature on suicide prevention. The high-yield and practical tone of the book and the use of figures, bullet points, and summaries make this a quick and memorable read. This will be an excellent go-to reference on suicide prevention management and associated topics for treatment professionals to have on their bookshelves. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.