| Description |
xxii, 170 pages ; 27 cm |
| Series |
The Guilford practical intervention in the schools series |
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Guilford practical intervention in the schools series.
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| Contents |
Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents: an introduction and overview -- Youth suicidal behavior and the schools -- A public health approach to youth suicide prevention -- Universal school-based suicide prevention programs for all students -- Identifying at-risk and high-risk students and linking assessment to intervention -- Selected and tertiary interventions for at-risk and high-risk students -- School-based suicide postvention |
| Summary |
Miller explains child and adolescent suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention for school-based mental health practitioners, administrators, teachers, nurses, and support staff. He discusses demographic data and reasons youth suicide occurs, developing school-wide prevention programs, the roles and responsibilities of school personnel, a public health approach to prevention, community-based prevention programs, identifying at-risk students, conducting risk assessments, and intervening at different levels of intensity, as well as legal and ethical issues and procedures for responding if a suicide does occur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-162) and index |
| Subject |
Students -- Suicidal behavior.
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Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior.
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Suicide -- Prevention.
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Educational counseling.
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School psychology.
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Suicide -- prevention & control.
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Adolescent.
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Psychology, Educational -- methods.
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Students.
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| LC no. |
2010024960 |
| ISBN |
9781606239964 (paperback) |
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1606239961 (paperback) |
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