Suicide in Adolescence: Prevention & Treatment (IN: The Adolescent & Mood Disturbance, ed. by H Golombek and B D Garfinkel)

Reported studies of adolescents & children whose suicide had been recorded in coroner’s offices or had appeared in hospitals, clinics, or schools as a result of having attempted or threatened suicide are reviewed. The most frequently appearing risk indicators are described, & comprehensive treatment & prevention programs are recommended. A list of the studies reviewed is included. 22 refs.