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      Suicide Assessment and Treatment Planning

      A Strengths-Based Approach

      John Sommers-Flanagan

      Rita Sommers-Flanagan

      6101 Stevenson Avenue, Suite 600

      Alexandria, VA 22304

      www.counseling.org

      Copyright © 2021 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

      American Counseling Association 6101 Stevenson Avenue, Suite 600 • Alexandria, VA 22304

      Associate Publisher • Carolyn C. Baker

      Digital and Print Development Editor • Nancy Driver

      Senior Production Manager • Bonny E. Gaston

      Copy Editor • Beth Ciha

      Cover and text design by Bonny E. Gaston

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sommers-Flanagan, John, 1957– author. | Sommers-Flanagan, Rita, 1953– author. Title: Suicide assessment and treatment planning : a strengths-based approach / John Sommers-Flanagan and Rita Sommers-Flanagan. Description: Alexandria, VA : American Counseling Association, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020041407 | ISBN 9781556204050 (paperback) Subjects: LCSH: Suicidal behavior—Diagnosis | Suicidal behavior—Treatment Classification: LCC RC569 .S64 2021 | DDC 616.85/8445--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020041407

      DEDICATION

       We dedicate this book to all the school, mental health,health care professionals, and students who are so busysaving lives that they will probably skip this dedication.We see you, and we honor you and your work.

      Preface

      Writing a book about suicide may not have been our best idea ever. Rita made the point more than once that reading and writing about suicide at the depth necessary to write a helpful book can affect one’s mood in a downward direction. She was right, of course. Her rightness inspired us to pay attention to the other side of the coin, so we decided to integrate positive psychology and