Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

Written primarily for parents and families, but also for educators and helping professionals, this book reveals how to communicate with a depressed child, what situations can cause a child or teenager to attempt suicide, what signs to look out for, how to determine the risk, and how to intervene. No five-year-old child would try to kill himself, right? Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves. Each day more than one thousand teenagers try to kill themselves, and every ninety minutes one succeeds. There is also a dramatic upswing in the number of children aged five to foutreen who try to take theeir own lives. but there is help for parents whose children are depressed and may be suicidal. In Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Shamoo and Patros show parents: How to lear to talk, listen, and communicate effectively with a depressed child What situations can cause a child or adolescent to wish to commit suicide\\ What signs to watch for Myths and misinformation about suicide How to determine the risk of suicide How to intervene Support for Parents Whose Children are Depressed Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves. In Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts the authors, Shamoo and Patros, show parents: how to learn to talk, listen, and communicate effectively with a depressed child; what situations can cause a child or adolescent to wish to commit suicide; what signs to watch for; myths and misinformation about suicide; how to determine the risk of suicide; and How to intervene.

Pagina's: 192, Editie: Revised, Paperback, John Wiley & Sons