"A Wiley Interscience publication."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I. Introduction. Treating suicidal adolescents: is it really worth it? -- Suicidal behavior in adolescents: a review of risk and protective factors. Part II. Diagnosis, assessment, and crisis intervention. Assessment and prediction of suicide risk in adolescents -- Crisis intervention with suicidal adolescents: a view from the emergency room -- Immediately after the suicide attempt: Evaluation and brief therapy on a medical ward -- Enhancing outpatient treatment compliance: a multifamily psychoeducational intake group. Part III. Treatment. Psychodynamic treatment of adolescent suicide attempters -- Cognitive behavior therapy of adolescent suicide attempters -- Being the family's therapist: an integrative approach -- Group treatment of suicidal adolescents -- Suicide attempts in Puerto Rican adolescent females: a sociocultural perspective and family treatment approach -- Adolescent suicide: diagnosis, psychopharmacology, and psychotherapeutic management -- Long-term follow-up with suicidal adolescents: a clinical perspective. Part IV. Conclusion. Summary and future directions.