Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents

By Gregory M. Asnis

Book Overview

Adolescents are among the highest risk groups for suicide. This manual provides clinicians with guidelines for identifying and treating suicidal adolescents. It covers in-patient treatment, family-centered therapy, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive/behaviour therapy, group therapy, and psychopharmacological intervention. The author reviews current knowledge regarding the biological, psychological and social risk factors for adolescent suicide.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471102369
• ISBN13: 9780471102366
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"