Citation

Ross CP. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1980; 10(4): 239-243.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7466894

Abstract

Experience in providing consultation and survivor counseling to school personnel following student suicides led to the development of a program of prevention through training school personnel. The goal of the program was to increase the ability of resource persons available to adolescents--teachers, counselors and school nurses--to recognize signs of suicidal depression and to respond effectively to suicidal students. This report describes that program, the reaction of the participants and the observations of the project staff, and comments on the feasibility of this approach as a means of helping to prevent suicide among adolescents.