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This section is kept current and periodically revised by Jennifer Muehlenkamp, Ph.D., Research Division Director of AAS. Suggestions for additional references can be sent to the Research Division Director.

Although the books and articles in this section have been determined to be of noteworthy merit, this list is not meant to be exhaustive. Rather, the list represents a sampling of our field. The references are organized under topic headings to facilitate finding specific types of information on suicide risk.

GENERAL / OVERVIEW

Alvarez, A. (1990). The savage God: A study of suicide. New York: Norton.

Colt, G. H. (1991). The enigma of suicide. New York: Summit Books.

Durkheim, E. (1951). Suicide. New York: Free Press.

Hawton, K., & van Heeringen, K. (Eds.) (2000). The international handbook of suicide and attempted suicide. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons.

Joiner, T. E., & Rudd, M. D. (Eds.) (2000). Suicide science: Expanding the boundaries. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Lester, D. (Ed.). (2001). Suicide prevention: Resources for the millennium. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.

Maltsberger, J. T., & Goldblatt, M. J. (Eds.) (1996). Essential papers on suicide. New York: New York University Press.

Maris, R. W., Berman, A. L., & Silverman, M. M. (2000). Comprehensive textbook of suicidology. New York: Guilford Press.

Menninger, K. Man against himself. New York: Harcourt, Brace.

O'Carroll, P. W., Berman, A. L., Maris, R. W., Moscicki, E. K., Tanney, B. L., & Silverman, M. M. (1996). Beyond the Tower of Babel: A nomenclature for suicidology. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 237-252.

Robins, E. (1981). The final months: A study of the lives of 134 persons who committed suicide. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rogers, J. R. (2001). Theoretical grounding: The "missing link" in suicide research. Journal of Counseling and Development, 79, 16-25.

Rudd, M. D. (2000). Integrating science into the practice of clinical suicidology: A review of the psychotherapy literature and a research agenda for the future. In R. W. Maris, S. S. Canetto, J. L. McIntosh, & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 2000 (pp. 47-83). New York: Guilford Press.

Shneidman, E. (1980). Voices of death. Harper & Row.

Shneidman, E. (1985). Definition of suicide. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Shneidman, E. (1993). Suicide as psychache: A clinical approach to self-destructive behavior. Northvale, N. J.: Jason Aronson.

Shneidman, E. S. (Ed.) (2001). Comprehending suicide: Landmarks in 20th-century suicidology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Shneidman, E. S. (1996). The suicidal mind. New York: Oxford University Press.

Shneidman, E. S., Farberow, N. L., & Litman, R. E. (1994). The psychology of suicide: A clinician's guide to evaluation and treatment. New York: Aronson.

Silverman, M. M., & Maris, R. W. (Eds.) (1995). Suicide prevention toward the year 2000. New York: Guilford Press.

Stoff, D. M., & Mann, J. J. (Eds.) (1997). The neurobiology of suicide: From the bench to the clinic. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 836. (Includes 19 articles).

Suicide. (2000). [Special issue]. Counseling Psychologist, 28 (4).

PREVENTION

Cantor, C. H., & Baume, P. J. M. (1998). Access to methods of suicide: What impact? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 32, 8-14.

Goldsmith, S. K., Pellmar, T. C., Kleinman, A. M., & Bunney, W. E., (Eds). (2002). Reducing suicide: A national imperative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Hayes, L. M. (1994). Prison suicide: An overview and guide to prevention: 1. Crisis, 15, 155-158.

Hillbrand, M. (2001). Homicide-suicide and other forms of co-occurring aggression against self and against others. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 626-635.

Kalafat, J., Gould, M. S., Harris-Munfakh, J., & Kleinman, M. (2007). An evaluation of crisis hotline outcomes; Part 1: Non-suicidal crisis callers; Part 2: Suicidal callers. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 37(3), 322-351.

King, C. A. (1998). Suicide across the life span: Pathways to prevention. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 28, 328-337.

King, C. A., & Knox, M. (2000). Recognition and treatment of suicidal youth: Broadening our research agenda. In T. E. Joiner, & M. D. Rudd (Eds.), Suicide science: Expanding the boundaries (pp. 251-269).

Lester, D. (1993). The effectiveness of suicide prevention centers. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 23, 263-267.

Lester, D. (Ed.). (2001). Suicide prevention: Resources for the millennium. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge.

Loftin, C., McDowall, D., Wiersema, B., & Cottey, T. (1991). Effects of restrictive licensing of hand guns on homicide and suicide in the District of Columbia. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 1612-1620.

Metha, A., Weber, B., & Webb, L. D. (1998). Youth suicide prevention: A survey and analysis of policies and efforts in the 50 states. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 28, 150-164.

Mishara, B. L., Chagnon, F., Daigle, M., Balan, B., Raymond, S., Marcoux, I., Bardon, C., Campbell, J. K., & Berman, A. L. (2007). Which helper behaviors and intervention styles are related to better short term outcomes in telephone crisis intervention? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 37(3), 291-307.

Motto, J. A., & Bostrom, A. G. (2001). A randomized controlled trial of postcrisis suicide prevention. Psychiatric Services, 52, 828-833.

Shaffer, D., Garland, A., Gould, M., Fisher, P., & Trautman, P. (1988). Preventing teenage suicide: A critical review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 675-687.

Silverman, M. M., Davidson, L., & Potter, L. (Eds.). (2001). National suicide prevention conference background papers: October 1998, Reno, Nevada [Special issue]. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 31 (Suppl.).

Silverman, M. M., & Maris, R. W. (Eds.) (1995). Suicide prevention toward the year 2000. New York: Guilford Press.

The US Surgeon General (1999). Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Szasz, T. (1986). The case against suicide prevention. American Psychologist, 41, 806-812.

Thompson, E. A., Eggert, L. L., Randell, B. P., Pike, K. C. (2001). Evaluation of indicated suicide risk prevention approaches for potential high school dropouts. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 742-752.

ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT

American Psychiatric Association (2003). Practice guidelines for the assessment and treatment of patients with suicidal behaviors. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160 (Suppl. 11), 1-60.

American Psychiatric Association (1999). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. American Psychiatric Association: Washington, DC.

Beck, A. T., Brosy, G., & Steer, R. A. (1989). Prediction of eventual suicide in psychiatric inpatients by clinical ratings of hopelessness. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 309-310.

Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., Kovacs, M., & Garrison, B. (1985). Hopelessness and eventual suicide: A 10-year prospective study of patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 559-563.

Berman, A. L, Barrett, R. P., Walters, A. S., & Pressman, H. (1992). Case consultation: Treating suicidal behavior in the mentally retarded: The case of Kim. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 22, 504-512.

Brent, D., Perper, J., Goldstein, C., Kolko, D., Allan, M., Allman, C., & Zelnak, J. (1988). Risk factors for adolescent suicide: A comparison of adolescent suicide victims with suicidal inpatients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 581-588.

Brodsky, B. S., Oquendo, M., Ellis, S. P., Haas, G. L., Malone, K. M., & Mann, J. J. (2001). The relationship of childhood abuse to impulsivity and suicidal behavior in adults with major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 1871-1877.

Brown, J., Cohen, P., Johnson, J. G., & Smailes, E. M. (1999). Childhood abuse and neglect: Specificity and effects on adolescent and young adult depression and suicidality. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 1490-1496.

Canetto, S. S. (1994). Gender issues in the treatment of suicidal individuals. Death Studies, 18, 513-527.

Conner, K. R., Cox, C., Duberstein, P. R., Tian, L., Nisbet, P. A., & Conwell, Y. (2001). Violence, alcohol, and completed suicide: A case-control study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 1701-1705.

Conroy, D. L. (1991). Out of the nightmare: Recovery from depression and suicidal pain. New York: New Liberty Press.

Dixon, W. A., Heppner, P. P., & Anderson, W. P. (1991). Problem-solving appraisal, hopelessness, and suicide ideation in a college population. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 38, 51-56.

Eyman, J. R., & Eyman, S. K. (1991). Personality assessment in suicide prediction. Suicide and
Life-Threatening Behavior, 21, 37-55.

Glanz, L. M., Haas, G. L., & Sweeney, J. A. (1995). Assessment of hopelessness in suicidal patients. Clinical Psychology Review, 15, 49-64.

Goldblatt, M. J., & Silverman, M. M. (2000). Psychopharmacological treatment of suicidal patients. In R. W. Maris, S. S. Canetto, J. L. McIntosh, & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 2000 (pp. 140-158). New York: Guilford Press.

Hawton, K., & van Heeringen, K. (Eds.) (2000). The international handbook of suicide and attempted suicide. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons.

Hillbrand, M. (2001). Homicide-suicide and other forms of co-occurring aggression against self and against others. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 626-635.

Ivanoff, A., & Hayes, L. M. (2001). Preventing, managing, and treating suicidal actions in high-risk offenders. In J. B. Ashford, B. D. Sales, & W. H. Reid (Eds.), Treating adult and juvenile offenders with special needs (pp. 313-331). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Jacobs, D. G. (Ed.) (1999). The Harvard Medical School guide to suicide assessment and intervention. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Joiner, T. E., Pettit, J. W., Perez, M., Burns, A. B., Gencoz, T., Gencoz, F., & Rudd, M. D. (2001). Can positive emotion influence problem-solving attitudes among suicidal adults? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 507-512.

Joiner, T. E., & Rudd, M. D. (2000). Intensity and duration of suicidal crises vary as a function of previous suicide attempts and negative life events. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 909-916.

Joiner, T. E., Rudd, M. D., & Rajab, M. H. (1999). Agreement between self- and clinician-rated suicidal symptoms in a clinical sample of young adults: Explaining discrepancies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 171-176.

Joiner, T. E., Voelz, Z. R., & Rudd, M. D. (2001). For suicidal young adults with comorbid depressive and anxiety disorders, problem-solving treatment may be better than treatment as usual. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 278-282.

Joiner, T., Walker, R., Rudd, M. D., & Jobes, D. (1999). Scientizing and routinizing the outpatient assessment of suicidality. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 447-453.

Kernberg, O. F. (2001). The suicidal risk in severe personality disorders: Differential diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Personality Disorders, 15, 195-208.

King, C. A., Hovey, J. D., Brand, E., & Ghaziuddin, N. (1997). Prediction of positive outcomes for psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1434-1442.

King, C. A., Katz, S. H., Ghaziuddin, N., Brand, E., Hill, E., & McGovern, L. (1997). Diagnosis and assessment of depression and suicidality using the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC-2.3). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 25, 173-181.

King, C. A., & Knox, M. (2000). Recognition and treatment of suicidal youth: Broadening our research agenda. In T. E. Joiner, & M. D. Rudd (Eds.), Suicide science: Expanding the boundaries (pp. 251-269).

King, R. A., Schwab-Stone, M., Flisher, A. J., Greenwald, S., Kramer, R. A., Goodman, S. H., Lahey, B. B., Shaffer, D., & Gould, M. S. (2001). Psychosocial and risk behavior correlates of youth suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 837-846.

Koivumaa-Honkanen, H., Honkanen, R., Viinamaeki, H., Heikkilae, K., Kaprio, J., & Koskenvuo, M. (2001). Life satisfaction and suicide: A 20-year follow-up study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158, 433-439.

Kroll, J. (2000). Use of no-suicide contracts by psychiatrists in Minnesota. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, 1684-1686.

Leenaars, A. A., Maltsberger, J. T., & Neimeyer, R. A. (Eds.). (1994). Treatment of suicidal people. New York: Taylor and Francis.

Linehan, M. M. (2000). Behavioral treatments of suicidal behaviors: Definitional obfuscation and treatment outcomes. In R. W. Maris, S. S. Canetto, J. L. McIntosh, & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 2000 (pp. 84-111). New York: Guilford Press.

Linehan, M. M. (1993). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Linehan, M. M., Goodstein, J. L., Nielsen, S. L., & Chiles, J. A. (1983). Reasons for staying alive when you are thinking of killing yourself: The Reasons for Living Inventory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 276-286.

Maris, R. (1981). Pathways to suicide: A survey of self-destructive behaviors. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

Maris, R. W., Berman, A. L., Maltsberger, J. T., & Yufit, R. I. (Eds.). (1992). Assessment and prediction of suicide. New York: Guilford Press.

Meltzer, H. Y. (1998). Suicide in schizophrenia: Risk factors and clozapine treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 59 (Suppl. 3), 15-20.

Moscicki, E. K. (1997). Identification of suicide risk factors using epidemiologic studies. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 20, 499- 517.

Osman, A., Downs, W. R., Kopper, B. A., Barrios, F. X., Besett, T. M., Linehan, M. M., Baker, M. T., & Osman, J. R. (1998). The Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (RFL-A): Development and psychometric properties. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54, 1063-1078.

Prinstein, M. J., Nock, M. K., Spirito, A., & Grapetine, W. L. (2001). Multimethod assessment of suicidality in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: Preliminary results. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1053-1061.

Range, L. M., Campbell, C., Kovac, S. H., Marion-Jones, M., & Aldridge, H. (2002). No-suicide contracts: An overview and recommendations. Death Studies, 26, 51-74.

Range, L. M., & Knott, E. C. (1997). Twenty suicide assessment instruments: Evaluation and
Recommendations. Death Studies, 21, 25-58.

Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Piacentini, J., Cantwell, C., Belin, T. R., & Song, J. (2000). The 18-month impact of an emergency room intervention for adolescent female suicide attempters. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 1081-1093.

Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Piacentini, J., Van Rossem, R., Graae, F., Cantwell, C., Castro-Blanco, D., & Feldman, J. (1999). Treatment adherence among Latina female adolescent attempters. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 29, 319-331.

Rudd, M. D. (2006). The assessment and management of suicidality. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resources Press.

Rudd, M. D., Berman, A. L., Joiner, T. et al. (2006). Warning signs for suicide: Theory, research, and clinical applications. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36(3), 255-262.

Rudd, M. D., & Joiner, T. (1997). Countertransference and the therapeutic relationship: A cognitive perspective. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 11, 231-250.

Rudd, M. D., Joiner, T., Jobes, D. A., & King, C. A. (1999). The outpatient treatment of suicidality: An integration of science and recognition of its limitation. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 30, 437-444.

Rudd, M. D., Joiner, T., & Rajab, M. H. (2001). Treating suicidal behavior: An effective, time-limited approach. New York: Guilford.

Rudd, M. D., Joiner, T., & Rajab, M. (1996). Relationships among suicide ideators, attempters, and multiple attempters in a young-adult sample. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 541-550.

Shea, S. C. (2002). The practical art of suicide assessment: A guide for mental health professionals and substance abuse counselors. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Shneidman, E. (1993). Suicide as psychache: A clinical approach to self-destructive behavior. Northvale, N. J.: Jason Aronson.

Shneidman, E. S., Farberow, N. L., & Litman, R. E. (1994). The psychology of suicide: A clinician's guide to evaluation and treatment. New York: Aronson.

Simon, R. I. & Hales, R. E. (2006). Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Spirito, A., Boergers, J., Donaldson, D., Bishop, D., & Lewander, W. (2002). An intervention trial to improve adherence to community treatment by adolescents after a suicide attempt. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 435-442.

Stoff, D. M., & Mann, J. J. (Eds.) (1997). The neurobiology of suicide: From the bench to the clinic. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 836. (Includes 19 articles).

Suokas, J., Suominen, K., Isometsä, E., Ostamo, A. Lönnqvist, J. (2001). Long-term risk factors for suicide mortality after attempted suicide--findings of a 14-year follow-up study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 104, 117-121.

Weishaar, M. E. (2000). Cognitive risk factors in suicide. In R. W. Maris, S. S. Canetto, J. L. McIntosh, & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 2000 (pp. 112-139). New York: Guilford Press.

Wood, A., Trainor, G., Rothwell, J., Moore, A., & Harrington, R. (2001). Randomized trial of group therapy for repeated deliberate self-harm in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1246-1253.

Zalsman, G., Netanel, R., Fischel, T., Freudenstein, O., Landau, E., Orbach, I., Weizman, A., Pfeffer, C. R., & Apter, A. (2000). Human figure drawings in the evaluation of severe adolescent suicidal behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 1024-1031.


CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2001). Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with suicidal behavior. Journal for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40 (Suppl.), 24S-51S.

Beautrais, A., Joyce, P. R., & Mulder, R. T. (1997). Precipitating factors and life events in serious suicide attempts among youths aged 13 through 24 years. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1543-1551.

Berman, A. L., Jobes, D. A., & Silverman, M. M. (2006). Adolescent suicide: Assessment and intervention. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Brent, D., Perper, J., Allman, J., Moritz, G., Wartella, M., & Zelnak, J. (1991). The presence and accessibility of firearms in the homes of adolescent suicides. Journal of the American Medical Association, 266, 2989-2995.

Brent, D., Perper, J., Goldstein, C., Kolko, D., Allan, M., Allman, C., & Zelnak, J. (1988). Risk factors for adolescent suicide: A comparison of adolescent suicide victims with suicidal inpatients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 45, 581-588.

Goldston, D. B., Daniel, S., Reboussin, D. M., Kelley, A. E., Ievers, C., & Brunstetter, R. (1996). First-time suicide attempters, repeat attempters, and previous attempters on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35, 631-639.

Goldston, D. B., Daniel, S. S., Reboussin, B. A., Reboussin, D. M., Frazier, P. H., & Harris, A. E. (2001). Cognitive risk factors and suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: A prospective naturalistic study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 91-99.

Goldston, D. B., Daniel, S. S., Reboussin, D. M., Reboussin, B. A., Frazier, P. H., & Kelley, A. E. (1999). Suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: A prospective naturalistic study of risk during the first 5 years after discharge. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 660-671.

Gutierrez, P., King, C. A., & Ghaziuddin, N. (1996). Adolescent attitudes about death in relation to suicidality. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 26, 8-18.

Hovey, J. D., & King, C. A. (1996). Acculturative stress, depression, and suicidal ideation among immigrant and second generation Latino adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35, 1183-1192.

Hovey, J. D., & King, C. A. (2002). The spectrum of suicidal behavior. In D. T. Marsh, & M. A. Fristad (eds.), Handbook of serious emotional disturbance in children and adolescents (pp. 284-303). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Joiner, T. E., & Rudd, M. D. (Eds.). (2002). Adolescent suicide: Risk, assessment, and treatment. [Special issue]. Journal of Adolescence, 21 (4).

Joiner, T. E., Rudd, M. D., Rouleau, M., & Wagner, K. D. (2000). Parameters of suicidal crises vary as a function of previous suicide attempts in youth inpatients. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 876-880.

King, C. A. (1997). Suicidal behavior in adolescence. In R. W. Maris, M. M. Silverman, & S. S. Canetto (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 1997 (pp. 61-95). New York: Guilford Press.

King, C. A., Hovey, J. D., Brand, E., Wilson, R., & Ghaziuddin, N. (1997). Suicidal adolescents after hospitalization: Parent and family impacts on treatment follow-through. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 85-93.

King, C. A., Hovey, J. D., Brand, E., & Ghaziuddin, N. (1997). Prediction of positive outcomes for psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 1434-1442.

King, C. A., & Knox, M. (2000). Recognition and treatment of suicidal youth: Broadening our research agenda. In T. E. Joiner, & M. D. Rudd (Eds.), Suicide science: Expanding the boundaries (pp. 251-269).

King, R. A., Schwab-Stone, M., Flisher, A. J., Greenwald, S., Kramer, R. A., Goodman, S. H., Lahey, B. B., Shaffer, D., & Gould, M. S. (2001). Psychosocial and risk behavior correlates of youth suicide attempts and suicidal ideation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 837-846.

Kovacs, M., Goldston, D., & Gatsonis, C. (1993). Suicidal behaviors and childhood-onset depressive disorders: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 8-20.

Lewinsohn, P. M., Rohde, P., & Seeley, J. R. (1994). Psychosocial risk factors for future adolescent suicide attempt. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 297-305.

Lewinsohn, P. M., Rohde, P., & Seeley, J. R. (1996). Adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts: Prevalence, risk factors, clinical implications. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 25-46.

McIntosh, J. L. (2000). Epidemiology of adolescent suicide in the United States. In R. W. Maris, S. S. Canetto, J. L. McIntosh, & M. M. Silverman (Eds.), Review of suicidology, 2000 (pp. 3-33). New York: Guilford Press.

Miller, A. L., Rathus, J. H., & Linehan, M. M. (2007). Dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal adolescents. NY: Guilford Press.

Pfeffer, C. R. (1986). The suicidal child. New York: Guilford Press.

Pfeffer, C. R., Hurt, S. W., Peskin, J. R., & Siefker, C. A. (1995). Suicidal children grow up: Ego functions associated with suicide attempts. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 1318-1325.

Pfeffer, C. R., Newcorn, J., Kaplan, G., Mizruchi, M., & Plutchik, R. (1988). Suicidal behavior in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 357-361.

Pfeffer, C. R., Normandin, L., & Kakuma, T. (1998). Suicidal children grow up: Relations between family psychopathology and adolescents' lifetime suicidal behavior. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186, 269-275.

Pilowsky, D. J., Wu, L, & Anthony, J. C. (1999). Panic attacks and suicide attempts in mid-adolescence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 1545-1549.

Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Piacentini, J., Cantwell, C., Belin, T. R., & Song, J. (2000). The 18-month impact of an emergency room intervention for adolescent female suicide attempters. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 1081-1093.

Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Piacentini, J., Van Rossem, R., Graae, F., Cantwell, C., Castro-Blanco, D., & Feldman, J. (1999). Treatment adherence among Latina female adolescent attempters. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 29, 319-331.

Sadowski, C., & Kelley, M. L. (1993). Social problem solving in suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 121-127.

Spirito, A., Boergers, J., Donaldson, D., Bishop, D., & Lewander, W. (2002). An intervention trial to improve adherence to community treatment by adolescents after a suicide attempt.

Thompson, E. A., Eggert, L. L., Randell, B. P., Pike, K. C. (2001). Evaluation of indicated suicide risk prevention approaches for potential high school dropouts. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 742-752.

Walrath, C. M., Mandell, D. S., Liao, Q., Holden, E. W., De Carolis, G., Santiago, R. L., & Leaf, P. J. (2001). Suicide attempts in the "Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families" program. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1197-1205.

Weller, E. B., & Weller, R. A. (Eds.). (2001). Suicide in youth [Special issue]. Depression and Anxiety, 14 (3).

Wood, A., Trainor, G., Rothwell, J., Moore, A., & Harrington, R. (2001). Randomized trial of group therapy for repeated deliberate self-harm in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1246-1253.

MENTAL DISORDERS AND PERSONALITY FACTORS

Beautrais, A. L., Joyce, P. R., & Mulder, R. T. (1999). Personality traits and cognitive styles as risk factors for serious suicide attempts among young people. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 29, 37-47.

Bostwick, J. M., & Pankratz, V. S. (2000). Affective disorders and suicide risk: A reexamination. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, 1925-1932.

Brown, M. Z., Comtois, K. A., & Linehan, M. M. (2002). Reasons for suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in women with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 198-202.

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