title: Management of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents.
abstract: Many therapeutic approaches to managing suicidal behavior among youth have been used, including in-school education programs, screening programs, telephone hotlines, cognitive behavioral therapies, medication management, and inpatient milieux treatment programs. These interventions have been applied based on educational and therapeutic principles drawn from prior work with adolescents in varied scholastic and psychiatric settings. This article reviews: the assessment of risk factors among suicide attempters, emotional states, family, social isolation, interpersonal loss, substance and alcohol abuse, and treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Greenhill
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waslick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention