Suicide and attempted suicide among children and adolescents /by Keith Hawton.
- Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, (c)1986.
- 159 pages ; 23 cm.
- Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry series ; v. 5 .
part1. Introduction -- part2. Epidemiology and nature of suicide among children and adolescents: Methods used in suicides -- part3. Causes of suicide: Problems immediately preceding suicide -- Why has suicide become more common among young people? -- part4. Aftermath of child and adolescent suicide: Reactions to suicide -- Counseling the survivors of child and adolescent suicide -- part5. Epidemiology and nature of attempted suicide: Trends in attempted suicide among young people -- Demographic characteristics -- Methods used in attempts -- Contagious aspects of attempted suicide -- part6. Contributory factors in attempted suicide -- part7. Motivational aspects of suicidal behavior: Concept of death -- How suicide attempts are explained by adolescents and other people -- Circumstances of the act -- part8. Management of children and adolescents following suicide attempts -- part9. Outcome following attempted suicide: Repetition of suicide attempts -- Eventual completed suicide -- part10. Prevention of child and adolescent suicidal behavior -- part11. Concluding comments.