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The Family Therapy of Suicidal Adolescents: Promises and Pitfalls (IN: Suicide in the Young, ed. by H S Sudak et al)
Richman J
This chapter deals with a method of treating suicidal adolescents & their families describes some of the barriers in the way of effective therapy, & discusses how to surmount these. The goal of these interventions is to release the forces of growth & caring, so that the adolescent can become more autonomous & the family move from being a destructive or helpless force to a self-help group.