Related Experiment Videos
Suicidality in adolescence: review and legal considerations
Beth Judge1, Stephen Bates Billick
1Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center, New Hampton, NY 10958-0158, USA. bethjudge@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Adolescence is a unique developmental stage in which suicidality first emerges as a public health problem. The increasing trend of teenage suicide since the 1950s has only relented in the past ten years. The risk factors for adolescent suicide, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts and an approach to assessing the suicidal adolescent for risk of future self-harm are reviewed. Treatment consists of ensuring safety and then treating the underlying psychiatric, psychological, and interpersonal disturbances. Issues of consent, confidentiality, and malpractice actions are addressed.
Related Concept Videos
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture
Influence of Parents and Peers on Identity
Parental Influence on Identity Development
Parents serve as primary guides and managers in an adolescent's life, offering support instrumental in decision-making and personal growth. This guiding role...
Bullying
Self-Evaluation: Self-Enhancement and Self-Verification
Conduct Disorder
Erikson's Theory on Socioemotional Development during Adolescence