Therapies and Intervention: A Review (IN: Suicide in the Young, ed. by H S Sudak et al)

The authors review & compare differing therapies, highlighting merits or deficiencies of each. Therapies compared include: inpatient/outpatient methods; drug therapy/psychotherapy; individual/group or family therapy; psychoanalysis/cognitive or behavioral therapy. They conclude that the prognosis for troubled children & adolescents & their families is favorable, regardless of therapy selected, as long as meaningful help is sought.(NBB)