Depression and Attempted Suicide in

It aims to provide the practitioner with a description of depression, an explanation of factors that contribute to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in adolescence. In addition, it aims to provide a framework for the assessment and management of adolescence that have threatened or attempted suicide.

Martin Herbert, the series editor is Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal and Devon Exeter Health Care Trust and Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter.

Introduction

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Aims

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Objectives

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PART I: DEPRESSION

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Epidemiology of depression

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Clinical features of depression

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Assessment of depression

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Assessing symptoms

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Assessing predisposing factors

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Assessing precipitating factors

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Assessing maintaining factors

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Assessing protective factors

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Formulation

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Treatment of depression

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Psychoeducation

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Self-monitoring

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Interventions focusing on activity

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Interventions focusing on family relationships

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Interventions focusing on cognition

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Training in social skills and problem-solving

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School interventions

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Medication

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Management of parental mood problems

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Managing relapse, disengagement and resistance

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PART II: ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

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Risk and protective factors for suicide

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Suicidal intention and ideation

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Method lethality

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Precipitating factors

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Motivation

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Personality-based factors

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Disorder-related factors

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Historical factors

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Family factors

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Demographic factors

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Assessment of suicide risk

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Family and multisystemic interviews

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Individual interview

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Management of suicide risk

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Home-based care

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Hospital-based care

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References

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Depression and Attempted Suicide in Adolescents

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