First Do No Self Harm

Author : Charles Figley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195383265
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Do No Self Harm written by Charles Figley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First Do No Self Harm" by three medical and mental health educators offers a clarion call for the improved medical and mental health of physicians across their education continuum by posing and answering five fundamental questions about sources of stress and methods of coping among physicians and medical students.

Author : Lisa Belkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982173394
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First, Do No Harm written by Lisa Belkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Crammed with provocative insights, raw emotion, and heartbreaking dilemmas,” (The New York Times) First, Do No Harm is a powerful examination of how life and death decisions are made at a major metropolitan hospital in Houston, as told through the stories of doctors, patients, families, and hospital administrators facing unthinkable choices. What is life worth? And when is a life worth living? Journalist Lisa Belkin examines how these questions are asked and answered over one dramatic summer at Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. In an account that is fascinating, revealing, and almost novelistic in its immediacy, Belkin takes us inside a major hospital and introduces us to the people who must make life and death decisions every day. As we walk through the hallways of the hospital we meet a young pediatrician who must decide whether to perform a risky last-ditch surgery on a teenager who has spent most of his fifteen years in a hospital; we watch as new parents battle with doctors over whether to disconnect their fragile, premature twins from the machine that keeps them breathing; we are in the operating room as a poor immigrant, paralyzed from a gunshot in the neck, is asked by doctors whether or not he wishes to stay alive; we witness the worry of a kidney specialist as he decides whether or not to transfer an uninsured baby to the county hospital down the road. We experience critical moments in the lives of these real people as Belkin explores challenging issues and questions involving medical ethics, human suffering, modern technology, legal liability, and financial reality. As medical technology advances, the choices grow more complicated. How far should we go to save a life? Who decides? And who pays?

Author : Charles Figley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199314292
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Do No Self Harm written by Charles Figley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping doctors happy and productive requires a thorough understanding of the systemic causes and consequences of physician stress, as well as the role of resilience in maintaining a healthy mental state. The pressure of making life-or-death decisions along with those associated with the day-to-day challenges of doctoring can lead to poor patient care and communication, patient dissatisfaction, absenteeism, reductions in productivity, job dissatisfaction, and lowered retention. This edited volume will provide a comprehensive tool for understanding and promoting physician stress resilience. Specifically, the book has six interrelated objectives that, collectively, would advance the evidence-based understanding of (1) the extent to which physicians experience and suffer from work-related stress; (2) the various manifestations, syndromes, and reaction patterns directly caused by work-related stress; (3) the degree to which physicians are resilient in that they are successful or not successful in coping with these stressors; (4) the theories and direct evidence that account for the resilience; (5) the programs during and following medical school which help to promote resilience; and (6) the agenda for future theory, research, and intervention efforts for the next generation of physicians.

Author : E. David Klonsky
Publisher : Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
ISBN 13 : 161676337X
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nonsuicidal Self-Injury written by E. David Klonsky and published by Hogrefe Publishing GmbH. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a baffling, troubling, and hard to treat phenomenon that has increased markedly in recent years. Key issues in diagnosing and treating NSSI adequately include differentiating it from attempted suicide and other mental disorders, as well as understanding the motivations for self-injury and the context in which it occurs. This accessible and practical book provides therapists and students with a clear understanding of these key issues, as well as of suitable assessment techniques. It then goes on to delineate research-informed treatment approaches for NSSI, with an emphasis on functional assessment, emotion regulation, and problem solving, including motivational interviewing, interpersonal skills, CBT, DBT, behavioral management strategies, delay behaviors, exercise, family therapy, risk management, and medication, as well as how to successfully combine methods.

Author : Alexander L. Chapman
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781608824441
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom from Self-Harm written by Alexander L. Chapman and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-injury can be as addictive as any drug, and the secrecy and shame many sufferers feel about this behavior can keep them feeling trapped. But if you're ready to replace self-harm with a set of healthy coping skills, this compassionate and practical book can help. This complete guide to stopping self-injury gives you the facts about self-harm, corrects common myths about this behavior, and provides self-soothing techniques you can begin using right away for regulating difficult or overwhelming emotions. Freedom from Self-Harm also includes self-assessment worksheets, guidance for seeking professional help, and information about the most effective therapies and medications. Drawn from treatments such as dialectical behavior therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, the tools in this book can help you cope with your emotions whenever you feel the urge to self-harm. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

Author : Emily Smith
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN 13 : 1635557003
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Do No Harm written by Emily Smith and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician assistant Pierce Parker wants nothing more than to find true love, but after a series of heartbreaks and lackluster first dates, she’s beginning to question if such a thing even exists. That is, until she begins working with Dr. Cassidy Sullivan, a new emergency medicine resident. Their chemistry makes Pierce start to believe all her dreams will come true, but a secret from Cassidy’s past may end the fairy tale before it gets to happily ever after. For Pierce and Cassidy, the risk of heartbreak may be too high a price for the chance at love.

Author : J. Kenyon Rainer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Do No Harm written by J. Kenyon Rainer and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate account of a young neurosurgeon's training and practice with vivid descriptions of how it feels to be a brain surgeon.

Author : Pooky Knightsmith
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784507962
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Can I Tell You About Self-Harm? written by Pooky Knightsmith and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Asher - a teenager who self-harms to manage their feelings when it all feels like too much. The latest in the best-selling Can I Tell You About... series describes what self-harm is, along with the wide range of behaviours that qualify, why teens do it, and how to get help if you feel the need to self-harm. Reflecting on the different aspects of self-harming behaviour, including treatment of injuries and scars, this concise introduction dispels common myths and offers helpful resources to break the cycle of self-harm. By initiating the conversation around self-harm, this guide will offer alternative avenues for children and young adults to pursue when dealing with big feelings, such as professional counselling, distraction, and friends and family. This easy-to-read guide is suitable for readers 7+, along with their parents, teachers, and friends. All author royalties from the book will go towards the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust.

Author : Baptiste Brossard
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253036429
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Hurt Ourselves? written by Baptiste Brossard and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sociological analysis of self-injury, the causes of it, and the conditions surrounding those who commit it. Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a matter of disturbed individuals resorting to hurting themselves in the face of individual weaknesses and difficulties. Rather, self-injury is the reaction of individuals to the tensions that compose, day after day, the tumultuousness of their social life and position. Self-harm is a practice that people use to self-control and maintain order—to calm down, or to avoid “going haywire” or “breaking everything.” More broadly, through this research Brossard works to develop a perspective on the contemporary social world at large, exploring quests for self-control in modern Western societies.

Author : Daniel Reinharth
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781467948173
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Do No Harm written by Daniel Reinharth and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-02-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter, 1997. Long Island, New York. Dr. David Calder has a patient, Dr. Roger Stone, whose hands are twitching, and Calder can't figure out why. Stone is also the President of CoMed, Calder's multi-specialty medical group. Could one of Stone's many personal or political enemies be killing him? Stone's unstable wife insists that this is the case. Calder's quest to unravel the medical mystery enmeshes him in medical politics, a decade-old research scandal, suicide, and murder. Meanwhile, Calder's "regular" life goes on, including caring for an autistic sister, and shepherding a remarkable patient through the terminal phases of a painful illness. Not to mention his Sherlock-Holmes-like sidelight of diagnosing strangers' ailments. Calder's cat-and-mouse chase of the murderer culminates in a dramatic showdown, exploding his preference for living life on the safer sidelines.