Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: | Curran David K. <1951-, > |
Titolo: | Adolescent suicidal behavior / / David K. Curran |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C. : , : Hemisphere Pub., , 1987 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Youth - Suicidal behavior - United States |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Perspectives; Historical; Adult; Sociocultural Context; 2 Scope of the Problem in the United States; Rise in Rates; Preponderance of Attempted vs. Committed Suicide; National Statistics and General Population Studies: Are They Accurate?; Epidemiology; 3 Meaning and Reasons: The Balance of Life and Death; Death Concepts and Adolescence; Lethality of Intent; Reasons and Motives; Ascertaining Motives; 4 Antecedents of Adolescent Suicidal Behavior; From Childhood to the Onset of Adolescence |
Escalation of Problems at AdolescenceProgressive Social Isolation; Chain Reaction Dissolution of Social Relationships; Internal Process; 5 Postattempt: Human Environment and the Teenage Suicide Attempter; Attitudes toward Suicidal Behavior; The Mental Health System; 6 The Wish and the Reality: Effect of Negative Attitudes on the Adolescent Suicide Attempter; Incidence of Repeat Suicidal Behavior; Negative Response and Repeat Suicide Attempts; Negative Attitudes and the Chronic Attempter; Effect of Positive Attitudes on Repeat Attempts; The Spiral of Isolation | |
7 Familiarity, Modeling, and Imitation: Suicide in the Experience of the Adolescent"Epidemic" Suicidal Behavior: Is It Contagious?; 8 Assessment; Conditions and Circumstances of the Suicidal Episode; State of Mind; Assessment of the Attempt; Myths, Misconceptions, and Suicidal Signs; Referral; 9 Treatment; Common Therapeutic Issues; Special Issues; Case Studies; 10 Education and Prevention; Death Education; Coping Skills; Peer Counseling; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Adolescent suicidal behavior |
ISBN: | 1-317-75787-4 |
1-315-79888-3 | |
1-317-75788-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828131503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |