SAFE HAVEN – Table of Contents
In Gratitude for Expert Critique
Introduction
A Note on Terminology
Preface
Section I
1 Communication with Concrete Thinkers
2 High Functioning Autism
3 Information Processing and Retention
4 Coping with Stubborn Refusals
5 Coping with Repetitive Demands, Questions, and Obsessions
6 The Need for Reassurance
7 Dealing with Individuals with Pronounced Mood Swings
8 Moving Past the Past
9 Coping with Lack of Motivation
10 Useful Tactics for Dealing with Symptoms of Paranoia and Persecution
Section II
11 Borderline Personality Disorder and Splitting
12 Recognizing the Strategies of Opportunistic and Manipulative Family Members
13 The Danger of Psychopathic Individuals in a Hospital Setting
Section III
14 Dealing with the Symptoms of Disorganization
15 Dropping Stones in a Well: Latency
16 Withdrawal from Intoxicating Substances
17 Psychosis
18 Communication with Someone Who is Experiencing Delusions or Hallucinations
19 Tactics for Dealing with Symptoms of Mania
20 Communication and De-escalation with Elderly Patients
Section IV
21 Introduction to Centering
22 “I’ve Got All the Time I Need”
23 It’s Not Personal Unless You Make It So
24 Circular Breathing
25 The Intoxication and Joy of Righteous Anger
26 The Training of Intuition
27 A Fair Witness
Section V
28 Assessment and Intervention with Suicidal Patients
29 The Essential Questions to Ask the Possibly Suicidal Person
30 The Art of Communication with the Suicidal Person
31 Suicide as Self-Murder: A Taxonomy
32 Self-mutilation
33 Identifying and Helping Parasuicidal Individuals
Section VI
34 The Nature of Aggression
35 Why Would Someone Become Aggressive?
36 Risk Assessment
37 What Does Escalation Look Like?
Section VII
38 Core Principles of Intervention with Angry People
39 Physical Organization in the Face of Aggression
40 The Tone and Quality of Your Voice
41 Preemptive De-escalation
42 Across the Spectrum of Anger
43 Essential Strategies for De-escalating Anger
44 Paraphrasing
45 Guidelines on Limit Setting
46 What Doesn’t Work
47 Enforcing Limits
Section VIII
48 Communication with Potentially Aggressive Youth
49 A Consideration of the Impulsive Child
50 Conduct Disorder
51 Explosive Kids
52 Opposition-Defiant Kids
53 PTSD in Young People
54 Pseudo–Nihilism
55 Therapeutic Communication with Abused Children and Teens
Section IX
56 Preface to Rage
57 Chaotic Rage
58 Terrified Rage
59 Hot Rage
60 Predatory or Cool Rage
61 De-escalation of Developmentally Disabled Individuals: Special Considerations
62 When Facing Violence
63 A Show-of-support
64 The Aftermath: What to Do Now?
Section X
65 Establishing a Culture of Safety
66 Good Policy, Good Practice
67 Safety and New Employees
68 Monitoring Medication
69 Conclusion
Appendix I Case Plan for Patient Who Made Serious Repeated Parasuicidal Attempts
Appendix II Frequent Precipitants of Violence in Inpatient Agencies
Appendix III The Question of Safety in the Emergency Room
Appendix IV Managing Threats to Your Family
Appendix V The Question of Positional and Compression Asphyxia
