Substance Abuse and Suicide (IN: Planning to Live: Evaluating and Treating Suicidal Teens in Community Settings, ed. by M J Rotheram-Borus et al)

This chapter attempts to answer 3 questions, 1) what is known about the suicide/substance abuse relationship?, 2) how & why this relationship might occur? & 3) what are the current clinical implications of this relationship? Although the discussion largely focuses on prevention, the author also reviews the treatment & intervention implications of the relationship between substance abuse & adolescent suicide. (72 refs.)