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Chain Analysis for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Short Takes on Suicide Prevention
English - August 13, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 22.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Science Social Sciences military psychology research science suicideprevention treatment veterans veteransaffairs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we hand the mic to 2 researchers/clinicians, Sean Barnes and Lauren Borges, who explain how to use chain analysis in a treatment setting. Chain analysis is a truly collaborative approach that enlist the client to take a deep dive into the chain of events that lead up to the target behavior they want to change. It is a way to focus on "the processes that lead to the suffering." The work starts with the client deciding what the target behavior they want to change is, and then going back along the chain to the prompting event (first link in the chain), finding all the links between the first and last links and determining what vulnerabilities influence it all. And then focusing change on the links. Lauren and Sean break it down so it will make sense to you in your practice.