Suicidal Behavior (Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice, Band 14) - Softcover

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Richard McKeon, PhD, MPH, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona, and a master of public health in health administration from Columbia University. He has spent most of his career working in community mental health, including 11 years as director of a psychiatric emergency service and 4 years as associate administrator / clinical director of a hospital-based community mental health center in Newton, New Jersey. He established the first evidenced-based treatment program for chronically suicidal borderline patients in the state of New Jersey utilizing Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In 2001, he was awarded an American Psychological Association Congressional Fellowship and worked for US Senator Paul Wellstone, covering health and mental health policy issues. He spent 5 years on the Board of the American Association of Suicidology as Clinical Division Director and has also served on the Board of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He is currently Chief of the Suicide Prevention Branch for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the US Department of Health and Human Services. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Federal Working Group on Suicide Prevention and participated in the development of the World Suicide Report for the World Health Organization.