Citation

Joshi SV, Hartley SN, Kessler M, Barstead M. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Clin. N. Am. 2015; 24(2): 353-370.

Affiliation

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chc.2014.12.003

PMID

25773329

Abstract

Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in youth, and numerous curricula and other prevention and intervention programs have been developed in the last 15 years. Comprehensive suicide prevention planning should include the 4 components of health promotion, prevention/education, intervention, and postvention. School-based suicide prevention and mental health education programs have become more common as an efficient and cost-effective way to reach youth. Process considerations that are based on the principles of therapeutic engagement with patients and families can provide mental health professionals with strategies that can assist education professionals, students, and the larger school community simultaneously.

Language: en