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The Inner World of a Suicidal Youth - What Every Parent and Health Professional Should Know (Hardcover)
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The Inner World of a Suicidal Youth - What Every Parent and Health Professional Should Know (Hardcover)
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Electra is a well-loved, beautiful, highly intelligent teenager.
Yet, as is not uncommon, she becomes so depressed she contemplates
suicide, considering it for years until she finally takes action.
Electra's diary, discovered after her death and presented here by a
psychiatrist, reveals her first-person reflections through to her
fatal college year, showing how thought distortions are caused and
how they chip away at self-esteem and the will to survive. In
addition to enlightening professionals and aspiring professionals,
this work will empower parents to identify and address growing
dimensions in their children's development, and understand the
struggles they face. And the end result is that Electra's diary
teaches us all a lot about changes that are needed so that we can
develop effective suicide prevention and treatment strategies, says
author Millie Osborne, M.D. Suicide is now a public health crisis.
It is the third leading cause of death for youths aged 15 to 24,
and the fourth leading cause of death for children aged 10 to 14.
As author Osborne explains, "Existing approaches to preventing
youth suicide have had little impact on reducing the number of
suicides and suicide attempts across America." By unveiling the
private thoughts of a suicidal teenager in this unprecedented book,
Osborne hopes that the legacy of Electra will be an understanding
of the adolescent mind that will spur more effective means to
recognize, treat, and heal those at risk, and so vastly reduce
suicide among our youths.
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