suicidal behavior

Explains the causes and consequences of suicide and suggests ways of dealing with problems, preventing suicide, and coping with the suicide of a loved one.

Presents a discussion of suicide, examining some of the reasons why teens kill themselves, and offering advice to young people on how to help themselves and their friends deal with feelings and situations that might lead to suicide. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.

Uses data from the Gallup Youth Survey and other sources, to examine the issue of teenage suicide.

Chronicles the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood--a brilliant, beautiful, talented and successful young woman.

Explains what suicide is and offers a look at suicide throughout history, describes some factors that cause people to consider or attempt suicide, looks at why suicide is increasing among young people, and offers some treatment options for prevention.

Presents an objective overview of issues related to teenage suicide, sharing primary source materials, facts, and statistics, and discussing the seriousness of teenage suicide, reasons teens choose to take their own lives, whether bullying affects teenage suicide, whether it can be prevented, and related topics.

Examines the world of alienated suburban youth, describes their interests, and suggests tenable reasons to admire their struggles and resilience.

Examines the prevalence of mental illness among gay individuals, and discusses how readers can reduce or eliminate threats that would cause a homosexual person to become depressed and suicidal.

Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.

Contains twenty-one essays in which the authors debate various aspects of suicide, discussing whether it is ever acceptable, the causes of teen suicide, the legalization of physician-assisted suicide, and social response to the problem.