Chapter
A Solution to the Chronic Problem of Living: Adolescent Attempted Suicide (IN: Current Issues in Adolescent Suicide, ed. by J C Schoolar)
Teicher J D
This chapter discusses adolescent attempted suicide in terms of 3-stages: 1) a long-standing history of problems; 2) a period of escalation, when new problems associated with adolescence are introduced; 3) a final stage, the weeks & days immediately preceding an attempt, characterized by a chain-reaction dissolution of the adolescent’s few remaining primary associations; as well as, the special dynamics of male attempters, the role of the physician, & the lifeline treatment approach. (CM)