Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

by Tonia K. Shamoo, Philip G. Patros

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787908447
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/02/1997
Series:	Jossey-Bass Psychology Series
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.16(w) x 9.31(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

TONIA K. SHAMOO Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice specializing in suicide and depression and a psychological consultant for the Durham, Connecticut, Board of Education. PHILIP G. PATROS is a practicing psychologist and professor emeritus at Southern Connecticut State University.

Table of Contents

Do Kids Kill Themselves? Looking at Suicide.

Just a Bad Mood? Looking at Depression.

Death through a Child's Eyes.

Myths and Misinformation about Suicide.

Is My Child Depressed?

My Child—Suicide?

Stress.

Talking, Listening, Communicating.

Parenting Skills.

Intervention: What to Do When...

After the Suicide Attempt.