Treatment Approaches with Suicidal Adolescents (Publication Series of the Department of Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Uni)

This practical guide reviews current knowledge regarding the biological, psychological and social risk factors for adolescent suicide. Contains clinical guidelines for a variety of treatment modalities such as crisis intervention; psychopharmacological management; intervention; family-centered, psychodynamic, cognitive/behavior and group therapies. Features a program for increasing adolescent participation in outpatient therapy and considers possible future directions of treatment.