Adolescent Suicidal Behavior

by David K. Curran

Overview

First published in 1987. This comprehensive book addresses the problem of adolescent suicidal behavior in America today. It devotes a great deal of attention to sublethal acts or suicide attempts, rather than committed suicides. This study establishes a progression that discusses the scope and magnitude of the problem and an exploration of the meaning and reasons for adolescent suicide in the individual case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891167815
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/1987
Series:	Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David K. Curran Public schools, Shrewsbury; Anna Maria College, Paxton; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; Private practice, Worcester; Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Perspectives; Chapter 2 Scope of the Problem in the United States; Chapter 3 Meaning and Reasons: The Balance of Life and Death; Chapter 4 Antecedents of Adolescent Suicidal Behavior; Chapter 5 Postattempt: Human Environment and the Teenage Suicide Attempter; Chapter 6 The Wish and the Reality: Effect of Negative Attitudes on the Adolescent Suicide Attempter; Chapter 7 Familiarity, Modeling, and Imitation: Suicide in the Experience of the Adolescent; Chapter 8 Assessment; Chapter 9 Treatment; Chapter 10 Education and Prevention;