Part I COMMISSIONED PAPERS; Chapter 1 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, AND INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTES, Paul C.Holinger, DanielOffer; Chapter 2 PREPARATORY AND PRIOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR FACTORS, Norman L.Farberow; Chapter 3 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, Carol L.Huffine; Chapter 4 FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AS RISK FACTORS FOR YOUTH SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, Cynthia RPfeffer; Chapter 5 CONTAGION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR YOUTH SUICIDE, LucyDavidson, Madelyn S.Gould; Chapter 6 STRESS AND UFE EVENTS, E.S.Paykel; Chapter 7 SEXUAL IDENTITY ISSUES, JosephHarry; Chapter 8 “MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS” AS RISK FACTORS IN YOUTH SUICIDE, MariaKovacs, JoaquimPuig-Antich; Chapter 9 PERSONALITY AS A PREDICTOR OF YOUTHFUL SUICIDE, AllenFrances, SusanBlumenthal; Chapter 10 SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE: A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, Marc A.Schuckit, Judith J.Schuckit; Chapter 11 METHODS AS A RISK FACTOR IN YOUTH SUICIDE, J. WilliamWorden; Chapter 12 NEUROTRANSMITTER MONOAMINE METABOLITES IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AS RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, MarieAsberg; Chapter 13 POST MORTEM STUDIES OF SUICIDE, MichaelStanley; Chapter 14 THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND SUICIDE, Herbert Y.Meltzer, Martin T.Lowy; Chapter 15 GENETICS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, AlecRoy; Chapter 16 SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW OF RISK FACTORS IN SUICIDE, Frederick K.Goodwin, Gerald L.Brown;