title: The treatment of depressed and suicidal adolescents.
abstract: Loss and abandonment and distortions of the self-image have special significance for the causation and treatment of depression during adolescence. The management of the manipulative suicidal adolescent and some psychological aspects of pharmacotherapy during this developmental phase are discussed. An eclectic approach is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D004532:Ego; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000628:therapy; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D012649:Self Concept; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents