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The Treatment of Depressed and Suicidal Adolescents

Loss and abandonment and distortions of the self-image have special significance for the causation and treatment of depression during adolescence. The management of the manipulative suicidal adolescent and some psychological aspects of pharmacotherapy during this developmental phase are discussed. An eclectic approch is recommended.

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