ASSESSMENT AND CRISIS-INTERVENTION STRATEGIES WITH SUICIDAL ADOLESCENTS

This paper addresses the integration of instrumentation with interview techniques in assessment strategies and crisis interventions when wor king with suicidal adolescents. Referring to high correlations between suicidal behavior and substance use, sexual orientation issues, moder ate to severe depression, impulsivity, histories of prior attempts, su icidal ideation, concomitant major psychiatric illnesses, low self-est eem, problem-solving deficits, hopelessness, circular thinking, and ot her cognitive distortions, this paper examines current research findin gs supporting the roles of these variables in adolescent suicidal beha vior.