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Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Suicidal behaviors in adolescents : who Is most at risk
CHAPTER 2 What do we know about effective treatments for suicidal adolescents?
CHAPTER 3 Dialectical behavior therapy : treatment stages, primary targets and strategies
CHAPTER 4 DBT program structure : functions and modes
CHAPTER 5 Dialectical dilemmas for adolescents : addressing secondary treatment targets
CHAPTER 6 Assessing adolescents: suicide risk, diagnosis and treatment feasibility
CHAPTER 7 Orienting adolescents and families to treatment and obtaining commitment
CHAPTER 8 Individual therapy with adolescents
CHAPTER 9 Including families in treatment
CHAPTER 10 Skills training with adolescents
CHAPTER 11 Assessing progress, running a graduate group and terminating treatment
CHAPTER 12 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
References
Index.