David K. Curran Public schools, Shrewsbury; Anna Maria College, Paxton; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; Private practice, Worcester; Massachusetts
Chapter 1 Perspectives
Chapter 2 Scope of the Problem in the United States
Chapter 3 Meaning and Reasons: The Balance of Life and Death
Chapter 4 Antecedents of Adolescent Suicidal Behavior
Chapter 5 Postattempt: Human Environment and the Teenage Suicide Attempter
Chapter 6 The Wish and the Reality: Effect of Negative Attitudes on the Adolescent Suicide Attempter
Chapter 7 Familiarity, Modeling, and Imitation: Suicide in the Experience of the Adolescent
Chapter 8 Assessment
Chapter 9 Treatment
Chapter 10 Education and Prevention
