Even the most skilled therapist may underestimate suicide
potential. Careful assessment and competent psychiatric
intervention cannot always predict the suicidality of a particular
person. "Adolescent Suicide" (GAP Report 140) presents techniques
that allow psychiatrists and all those caring for the health and
welfare of adolescents to respond to signals of distress with
timely therapeutic intervention. It also suggests measures of
anticipatory prevention.
"Adolescent Suicide" presents an overview of adolescent suicidal
behavior. It explores risk factors, the identification and
evaluation of the suicidal adolescent, and approaches to therapy.
It offers both historical and cross-cultural perspectives, the
relevance of suicide to adolescent development, mental health
training needs regarding suicidality, and related issues such as
public health policies and medicolegal concerns.
The risk of suicide presents a unique crisis in adolescent
development. For this reason, all mental health professionals will
find this report an indispensable tool in the treatment of
adolescents at risk for suicide. Drawing from years of combined
experience, this committee has applied its expertise on adolescent
development to the sobering problem of suicide.
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