ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the reader to issues and interventions connected with the topic of adolescent suicide and the prevention of adolescent suicide. The developmental problems of adolescence, personality, and behavioral disorders, dysfunctional relationships and societal provocations and pending catastrophes are overviewed to provide the reader with an understanding of the adolescent suicide problem in the United States. Predicting adolescent suicide is addressed through discussion of the myths connected with adolescent suicide, signs and symptoms and a presentation of the profile of the suicidal adolescent Prevention, crisis management, postvention, and approaches to counseling/therapy are also over-viewed to provide the reader with a point of departure for the focused follow-up chapters of this book.
