Abstract

ESTELLITA-LINS, Carlos; OLIVEIRA, Verônica Miranda de  and  COUTINHO, Maria Fernanda Cruz. Therapeutic accompaniment: interventions on affective disorders and suicide risk. Psyche (Sao Paulo) [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.18, pp. 151-166. ISSN 1415-1138.

This paper investigates the performance of the therapeutic accompaniment in grave depressive subjects with suicidal risk. Suicidal risk assessment protocols and interventions are discussed within the field of therapeutic accompaniment, aiming the implementation of specific actions in mental health. Our conclusion poses that TA an additional therapeutic means for clinical psychiatry of great usefulness and importance. Further research is needed concerning the efficacy and the network of community psychiatry.

Keywords : Therapeutic accompaniment; Suicide risk; Depression; Mental health; Care; Urgency; Community psychiatry.

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