BRIEF HOME-BASED INTERVENTION WITH YOUNG SUICIDE ATTEMPTERS AND THEIRFAMILIES

Suicidal behaviour among children and young adolescents constitutes a serious and increasing public health problem. Currently, little is kno wn about how these youngsters and their families respond to profession al intervention, or what kinds of intervention may be most appropriate for them. We describe here an intervention package, the structure and content of which is based on insights gained from previous research s tudies and extensive clinical practice. Essential features of the pack age are that it is short-term, focused, intensive, and home-based. The Intervention Package is currently the focus of a major controlled eva luative study. (C) 1995 The Association for Professionals in Sen ices for Adolescents