The Aeschi Working Group
MEETING THE SUICIDAL PERSON
The therapeutic approach to the suicidal patient
John Michael Bostwick, M.D.
| FUTURE EVENTS |
| NEW: www.assip.ch |
| THE BOOK: BUILDING A THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE WITH THE SUICIDAL PATIENT |
| THE GUIDELINES FOR CLINICIANS |
| PAST EVENTS |
| 1st Aeschi Conference |
| 2nd Aeschi Conference |
| 3rd Aeschi Conference |
| 4th Aeschi Conference |
| 5th Aeschi Conference |
| 6th Aeschi Conference |
| 7th Aeschi Conference (Aeschi West) |
| 8th Aeschi Conference (Aeschi 8) |
| 9th Aeschi Conference (Aeschi 9) |
| 10th Aeschi Conference (Aeschi 10) |
| PROBLEMS
IN CLINICAL PRACTICE |
| The usual clinical practice |
| Clinicians' attitudes |
| Patients' dissatisfaction |
| Non-attendance in aftercare |
| Treatment failures |
| A PATIENT-ORIENTED APPROACH |
| New perspectives |
| Patients' narratives |
| Patients' inner experiences |
| Joining the patient |
| CAMS |
| The
Narrative Action Theoretical (NAT) approach |
| Mental Pain |
| INFORMATIONS |
| The Aeschi Group |
| Publications |
| Links |
| Hotel Aeschi Park |
| Destination Aeschi |
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| Download Guidelines for Clinicians as pdf here |
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Medical School
Consultant, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation
Awards and Honors
1993-1994 – Educator of the Year, Department of
Psychiatry, Wilford Hall Medical Center
1996 – Summer Research Institute, American Association of Geriatric
Psychiatry-NIMH-Janssen, University of Pennsylvania
1996 – Junior Faculty Development Award, Association for Academic
Psychiatry
1997 – Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
2001 – Teacher of the Year, Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry
and Psychology
2002 – Fellow, Harvard Macy Program for Physician Educators
2002 – Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D., Certificate of Recognition for Excellence
in Medical Student Education, American Psychiatric Association
Professional Positions and Societies
1994-present – Member, Academy of Psychosomatic
Medicine
1994-present – Scientific Reviewer, Psychosomatics
1995-present – Consulting Member, A.K. Rice Institute, Texas Center
1996-present – Member, American Academy of Suicidology
1996-present – Scientific Reviewer, Academic Psychiatry
1998-2000 – Board Member, A.K. Rice Institute, Texas Center
1998-present – Scientific Reviewer, Psychosomatic Medicine
1999-present – Member, American Psychiatric Association
1999-2002 – Board Member, Education Committee, Academy of Psychosomatic
Medicine
1999-present – Scientific Reviewer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
1999-2002 – Member, Minnesota District Branch (APA) Ethics Committee
2001-present – Scientific Reviewer, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
2001-present – Editorial Board Member, Postgraduate Medicine
Research Interests
Suicide Epidemiology in Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia,
and Medical Illness
Suicide Assessment: Interplay between actuarial risk factors and periods
of vulnerability
Psycho-oncology and Quality of Life
Treating Physicians
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues