PREFACE PART I PROBLEM OF ADOLESCENT SUICIDE 1 ADOLESCENT SUICIDE: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES AND INTERVENTIONS 2 SOCIETAL TRENDS AND THE WORLD OF THE ADOLESCENT PAR II PROFILE OF THE ATTEMPTER 3 BEHAVIORAL INDICATORS 4 PERSONALITY VARIABLES 5 THINKING PATTERNS AND MOTIVATION 6 DEPRESSION PART III ASSESSING LETHALITY 7 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 8 SIGNATURES OF SUICIDE PART IV PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION 9 OVERVIEW OF PREVENTION 10 A MODEL PREVENTION PROGRAM 11 INTERVENTIONS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS 12 INTERVENTIONS WITH COLLEGE CAMPUS POPULATIONS 13 CRISIS INTERVENTION 14 FAMILY THERAPY AND NETWORKING PART V LEGAL ISSUES 15 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PRACTITIONER