Suicidal behavior at school: a systemic perspective.
This article delineates the interpersonal function of suicidal behavior in children. Children's suicidal attempts have a major impact on their immediate surroundings and can be perceived as a mode of controlling the family or school. In order to highlight this approach, a case of epidemic suicidal attempts in a special education high school is presented. A systemic mode of intervention, consisting of an adolescents' group and a teachers' group within the school system, is described. The importance of implementing systemic modes in preventing suicide is outlined.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012574:Schools; D012930:Social Dominance; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching