title: Youth suicide: a psychosocial perspective.
abstract: I draw on my studies in different cultures and subcultures and in different age groups to develop a psychosocial perspective for viewing youthful suicide. This perspective utilizes disciplines ranging from demography to psychodynamics to discuss the relationship of violence to suicide; the role of families in producing youngsters who become preoccupied with death and suicide; and the directions that seem most profitable for future research.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hendin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D012963:Sociometric Techniques; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence