Table of Contents
Foreword, Charles R. Swenson
Introduction
- Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents: Who Is Most at Risk?
- What Do We Know about Effective Treatments for Suicidal Adolescents?
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Treatment Stages, Primary Targets, and Strategies
- DBT Program Structure: Functions and Modes
- Dialectical Dilemmas for Adolescents: Addressing Secondary Targets
- Assessing Adolescents: Suicide Risk, Diagnosis, and Treatment Feasibility
- Orienting Adolescents and Families to Treatment and Obtaining Commitment
- Individual Therapy with Adolescents
- Including Families in Treatment
- Skills Training with Adolescents
- Assessing Progress, Running a Graduate Group, and Terminating Treatment
- Program Issues
Appendix A. Mindfulness Exercises for Adolescents
Appendix B. Walking the Middle Path Skills: Lecture and Discussion Points
Appendix C. Handouts for Walking the Middle Path Skills