Psychotherapy of the suicidal patient.
Three different psychological theories of depression, the psychoanalytic, the behavioural and the cognitive-behavioural, and their psychotherapeutic principles are presented. A common, central aim of these therapies is to prevent suicide. But whenever suicidal ideation becomes dominant, the therapeutic method should be changed to a directive, counselling and reassuring form.
Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Denmark.
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D001519:Behavior; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention