title: Suicide prevention and intervention with young people in foster care in Canada.
abstract: Given the history of turmoil in their lives, foster children and young people coming into care are particularly at risk of suicide. Whether a crisis is successfully prevented, or treated and transcended, depends upon the ability of foster parents and agency staff members to understand the nature of the situation and to work together in dealing with it.
authors.affiliation: Child and Youth Care Program, Lethbridge Community College, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matheson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention