NCJ Number
108642
Journal
Adolescence Volume: 22 Issue: 88 Dated: (Winter 1987) Pages: 813-825
Date Published
1987
Length
13 pages
Annotation
Adolescent suicide is a subject of increasing national concern. In California, this problem was addressed through the implementation of a 3-year youth suicide prevention school program established by legislative mandate in 1983.
Abstract
Findings for the first 2 years of the program indicate significant gains in understanding of youth suicide prevention techniques for those high school students who completed a 4-hour training course. School staff and parents completing 90-minute youth suicide awareness seminars indicated that they most appreciated receiving practical advice and resources they could use in responding to a potentially suicidal young person. (Publisher abstract)