@article{ref1,
title="A view from Riggs: treatment resistance and patient authority-XI. An alliance based intervention for suicide",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry",
year="2009",
author="Plakun, Eric M.",
volume="37",
number="3",
pages="539-560",
abstract="Treatment resistance has emerged as a significant issue, with evidence of a high risk of suicide in this population. This article reviews the history of the concept of the therapeutic alliance, argues for its central importance in work with suicidal and self-destructive patients, and introduces ABIS, an Alliance-Based Intervention for Suicide that is carried out as part of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Principles of ABIS are delineated and explained.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1546-0371",
doi="10.1521/jaap.2009.37.3.539",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jaap.2009.37.3.539"
}