title: Suicide prevention in an educational context: broad and narrow foci.
abstract: This paper reviews the needs and conceptual bases of school-based youth suicide prevention programs, summarizes their current status, and recommends objectives, processes, and evaluation strategies for focused educational programs in this area. In addition, a broad systemic approach is called for that reorganizes the school context to increase students' contributions, to and involvement with the educational process. Such approaches appear to have been effective with a variety of youth deviant behaviors such as dropout and delinquency, and seem to be particularly appropriate to suicidal behavior that is characterized by alienation and withdrawal from social supports. A combination of these broad and narrow foci may be necessary to address suicidal behavior in the educational context.
authors.affiliation: Spalding University, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kalafat
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Elias
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012918:Social Alienation; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention