Status
Available
Call number
Publication
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 1988.
ISBN
9781555420765
Description
Examines suicidal behavior among children, compares child and adult suicide, discusses the development of the death concept, and looks at several cases.
Local notes
CONTENTS:
Children who don't want to live : two cases -- Adult suicide : what can it tell us about suicide among children? -- Suicide among children : attempts, threats, and messages -- Children at risk : exploring the links to personality traits -- Suicidal behavior as a response to life circumstances -- What children know and feel about death -- How family life contributes to child suicide -- An adolescent's suicide : family dynamics and childhood origins -- Explaining child suicide : several theoretical perspectives -- Attraction and repulsion of life and death : a new way of understanding suicidal behavior -- What we can do for suicidal children : assessment and therapy.
Children who don't want to live : two cases -- Adult suicide : what can it tell us about suicide among children? -- Suicide among children : attempts, threats, and messages -- Children at risk : exploring the links to personality traits -- Suicidal behavior as a response to life circumstances -- What children know and feel about death -- How family life contributes to child suicide -- An adolescent's suicide : family dynamics and childhood origins -- Explaining child suicide : several theoretical perspectives -- Attraction and repulsion of life and death : a new way of understanding suicidal behavior -- What we can do for suicidal children : assessment and therapy.