Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents

This practical guide reviews current knowledge regarding the biological, psychological and social risk factors for adolescent suicide. Contains clinical guidelines for a variety of treatment modalities such as crisis intervention; psychopharmacological management; intervention; family–centered, psychodynamic, cognitive/behavior and group therapies. Features a program for increasing adolescent participation in outpatient therapy and considers possible future directions of treatment.

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Treating Suicidal Adolescents: Is It Really Worth It?
(J. Zimmerman).
Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents: A Review of Risk and Protective Factors (D. Grosz, et al.).
DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION.
Assessment and Prediction of Suicide Risk in Adolescents (A. Leenaars & D. Lester).
Crisis Intervention with Suicidal Adolescents: A View from the Emergency Room (R. Catenaccio).
Immediately After the Attempt: Evaluation and Brief Therapy on a Medical Ward (E. Dulit).
TREATMENT.
Psychodynamic Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters (D. Jobes).
Group Treatment of Suicidal Adolescents (S. Aronson & S. Scheidlinger).
Adolescent Suicide: Diagnosis, Psychopharmacology, and Psychotherapeutic Management (J. Kahn, et al.).
CONCLUSION.
Summary and Future Directions (J. Zimmerman).
Indexes.