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Psychological rescue techniques for use in attempted suicide

Guerra J, Lerma A, Haranburu M

Affiliation of the authors

Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad del País Vasco. San Sebastián, Spain. Médico de Emergencias. Servicio Vasco de Salud-Osakidetza, Spain.

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Guerra J, Lerma A, Haranburu M. Psychological rescue techniques for use in attempted suicide. Emergencias. 2010;22:381-3

Summary

From the perspective of psychology, this paper reviews actions emergency care

personnel can take to prevent suicide in situ. As in many emergency settings, in which it

is essential to act quickly under stress, an action protocol can be useful in providing a

series of indications for intervention. Even though all indications may not be applicable,

they can help health-care and emergency personnel decide how to respond

appropriately.

 

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