Family Therapy With Suicidal Children (IN: Suicide Prevention in Schools, ed. by A A Leenaars & S Wenckstern)

The author asserts that family therapy is the most effective means of reducing suicidal behavior, permitting growth & individuation, & at the same time, maintaining family cohesion. Sections on the suicidal state in children & adolescents, characteristics of families with a suicidal child, the steps of the psychotherapeutic precess, & the importance of communication are presented. (VM)