In this book Simon synthesizes his clinical experience, the shared clinical experiences of colleagues, and the evidence-based psychiatric literature to create an insightful guide which should be an essential component in any practicing psychiatrist's library.

Suicide risk assessment : a gateway to treatment and management -- Enhancing suicide risk assessment through evidence-based psychiatry -- Assessing and enhancing protective factors against suicide -- Behavioral risk assessment of the guarded suicidal patient -- Psychiatric disorders and suicide risk -- Sudden improvement in patients at high risk for suicide : real or feigned? -- Patients at acute and chronic high risk suicide : crisis management -- Safety management of the patient at risk for suicide : coping with uncertainty -- Gun safety management of suicidal patients : a collaborative approach -- Suicide risk assessment forms : clinician beware -- Imminent suicide, passive suicidal ideation, and other intractable myths -- Quality assurance review of suicide risk assessments : reality and remedy -- Therapeutic risk management of the patient at risk for suicide : clinical-legal dilemmas.