Adolescent suicidal behavior / / David K. Curran

• Autore: Curran David K. <1951-, >
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : Hemisphere Pub., , 1987
• 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.: 9910786455903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in death education, aging, and health care.