Coping With Suicide in the Schools: the art and the Research (IN: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior, edited by R I Yufit & D Lester)

This chapter opens with a discussion of the rationale for suicide prevention in schools. The next section comments on a comprehensive approach to suicide in youth & then addresses the main issue of how to prevent suicide by presenting a review of the art & current research on the topic. The results of evaluative studies are outlined. 2 appendices provide extracts from workshops on prevention & postvention. (82 refs.)