Depression, Suicide, and the Consequences of Loss (IN: Developmental Psychopathology From Infancy Through Adolescence by C Wenar)

This chapter discusses depression in middle childhood, the effects of parental loss in early & middle childhood, the loss of self-worth or self-esteem, children of depressed mothers, pharmacotherapeutic & psychotherapeutic treatments, depression in adolescence, & adolescent suicide. The section on adolescent suicide reviews epidemiology, developmental pathways, suicide completions, suicide attempts, an integrative model which reconstructs the steps leading to suicide ideation, & prevention & treatment.