Developmental Perspective on Prevention and Treatment of Suicidal Youth (IN: Life Span Perspectives of Suicide: Time-Lines in the Suicide Process, ed. by A A Leenaars)

This article discusses social & individual suicide prevention strategies & treatment. Positive mental health education & gun control are 2 examples of social strategies. The author describes individual treatment such as supportive psychotherapy, insight-oriented therapy, & psychoanalytic psychotherapy, but asserts that warmth & responsiveness are the most important elements in therapy. He outlines how to establish an effective relationship with a suicidal youth. (VM)