Citation

Tokpanou I. Ann. Med. Psychol. (Paris) 2003; 161(2): 179-182.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Societe Medico-Psychologique, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0003-4487(03)00027-1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The definition of suicidal crisis extends to include different aspects starting from suicidal thoughts and ending with suicidal attempt. The management of the crisis begins at the moment of its identification and evaluation together with the exploration of the precipitating factors. This first step helps finding out the most adequate form of intervention to end the crisis, taking into consideration the moment of the crisis, the level of emergency and the nature of the crisis. The aim of this intervention is to accompany the crisis state while trying to identify the nature and the reasons of the psychical suffering of the person in order to, if possible, avoid a suicidal attempt, avoid fatal cumsequences of an attempt, avoid a new crisis and finally to help the subject survive after the crisis. © 2003 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Language: fr

Keywords

Psychic crisis; Suicidal crisis