Patient safety is the utmost priority across populations, and this clinically-oriented workshop will offer practical tools for conceptualizing and intervening with individuals who have expressed suicidal thoughts. Special emphasis will be placed on cognitive-behavioral interventions such as increasing attachments to people and activities, and modifying “suicidogenic beliefs.” These procedures will be linked to research on the cognitive characteristics of suicidal patients, including hopelessness, morbid perfectionism, dichotomous thinking, and poor autobiographical recall.
