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Helping Your Child
Cope with
Depression
and Suicidal Thoughts
- Support for Parents
Whose Child (or Adolescent) is Depressed
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Contrary to popular
belief, young
children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves.
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In this book, authors
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.
by Tonia K. Shamoo
Philip G. Patros (Contributor)
Alan Rinzler (Editor)
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Paperback
ISBN:
0787908444
192 pages
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Table of Contents
- 1. Do Kids Kill Themselves?
Looking at Suicide
- 2. Just a Bad Mood? Looking
at Depression
- 3. Death through a Child's
Eyes
- 4. Myths and Misinformation
about Suicide
- 5. Is My Child Depressed?
- 6. My Child--Suicide?
- 7. Stress
- 8. Talking, Listening, Communicating
- 9. Parenting Skills
- 10. Intervention: What to
Do When...
- 11. After the Suicide Attempt
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| 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. |
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