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A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide Future-Oriented Treatments for Suicide: An Overview of Three Modern Approaches

A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide : Future-Oriented Treatments for Suicide: An... [Future-oriented expectancies, including pessimism and hopelessness, are long-established risk factors for suicide; however, modern theories and developing treatments also address positive views of the future, such as an adaptive future orientation, optimism, and hopefulness. In this chapter, Hope Therapy, Future-Directed Therapy, and Future-Oriented Group Training are discussed, including their rationale and application to the treatment of depression and suicidality. What these three treatments have in common is a temporal focus on the future, and the encouragement of patients to strive toward adaptive, future-focused goals. Yet, each approaches this task in a slightly different manner, whether by insuring that the goal of suicide is replaced with life-saving behaviors that enhance the patient’s ability to view the past, present, and future from a cognitively healthier perspective, or by promoting goal-setting and problem-solving abilities. Although additional research is needed, preliminary findings indicate that future-focused therapies may be successfully utilized as an adaptive, strengths-based approach to the treatment of suicide risk factors, as well as suicidal outcomes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide Future-Oriented Treatments for Suicide: An Overview of Three Modern Approaches

Part of the Advances in Mental Health and Addiction Book Series
Editors: Hirsch, Jameson K.; Chang, Edward C.; Kelliher Rabon, Jessica
Yu, Elizabeth; Cheavens, Jennifer; Vilhauer, Jennice; van Beek, Wessel
A Positive Psychological Approach to Suicide — Feb 26, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
ISBN
978-3-030-03224-1
Pages
183 –208
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-03225-8_9
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Abstract

[Future-oriented expectancies, including pessimism and hopelessness, are long-established risk factors for suicide; however, modern theories and developing treatments also address positive views of the future, such as an adaptive future orientation, optimism, and hopefulness. In this chapter, Hope Therapy, Future-Directed Therapy, and Future-Oriented Group Training are discussed, including their rationale and application to the treatment of depression and suicidality. What these three treatments have in common is a temporal focus on the future, and the encouragement of patients to strive toward adaptive, future-focused goals. Yet, each approaches this task in a slightly different manner, whether by insuring that the goal of suicide is replaced with life-saving behaviors that enhance the patient’s ability to view the past, present, and future from a cognitively healthier perspective, or by promoting goal-setting and problem-solving abilities. Although additional research is needed, preliminary findings indicate that future-focused therapies may be successfully utilized as an adaptive, strengths-based approach to the treatment of suicide risk factors, as well as suicidal outcomes.]

Published: Feb 26, 2019

Keywords: Expectancies; Future orientation; Hope therapy; Future-directed therapy; Future-Oriented Group Training

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