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REBT and Suicide

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Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, killing more than 800,000 people each year (World Health Organization [WHO], Preventing suicide: A global imperative, 2014). For therapists, the assessment , management, and treatment of suicidality is one of the most challenging and stressful clinical tasks (Jobes in Suicide Life Threat Behav 25:437–449, 1995).

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    Ennio Ammendola

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Ammendola, E. (2019). REBT and Suicide. In: Dryden, W., Bernard, M. (eds) REBT with Diverse Client Problems and Populations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02723-0_3

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