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The Place of Suicide Prevention in the Spectrum of Intervention: Definitions of Critical Terms and Constructs.
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Silverman, Morton M.; Felner, Robert D. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1995
Compares and contrasts the contributions of various prevention models toward the theoretical reduction of suicide in the general population, and explores conceptual frameworks used to understand population-level risk factors. First-order and second-order targets of change in prevention efforts are defined and examples provided. (JPS)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Higher Education, Intervention, Models
Suicide Prevention Programs: Issues of Design, Implementation, Feasibility, and Developmental Appropriateness.
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Silverman, Morton M.; Felner, Robert D. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1995
Focusing on emerging models of population-level risk reduction, the authors discuss the essential ingredients for successful suicide prevention programs: comprehensiveness, fidelity, and intensity. Issues of feasibility, access, and effectiveness are discussed. The authors argue for nesting suicide prevention programs within existing public health…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Higher Education, Population Trends, Prevention
Crisis Events and School Mental Health Referral Patterns of Young Children
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Felner, Robert D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Study investigated the impact of two types of potential crisis-producing experiences on the referral patterns of maladapting primary grade school children: parental separation and divorce and parental death. Association between specific crisis history and specific school maladjustment patterns is seen to have implications for early detection and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Crisis Intervention