title: Adolescent suicide--a family crisis: a model for effective intervention by family therapists.
abstract: Statistics attest to the increasing severity and tragic escalation of adolescent suicidal behavior. The consequences of such self-destructive acts are far-reaching and encompass the adolescent's entire family. By providing guidance, support and counseling throughout this crisis, a family therapist may convert a potentially fatal act into a constructive and viable growth experience for the adolescent and all family members. This paper presents a model of crisis intervention counseling which emphasizes and delineates a professionally appropriate and realistic structure for effectively treating adolescent suicidal patients and their families.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*