Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts, Revised Edition

No five-year-old child would try to kill himself, right?Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves. Each day more than one thousand teenagers try to kill themselves, and every ninety minutes one succeeds. There is also a dramatic upswing in the number of children aged five to foutreen who try to take theeir own lives.but there is help for parents whose children are depressed and may be suicidal. In Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Shamoo and Patros show parents:How to lear to talk, listen, and communicate effectively with a depressed childWhat situations can cause a child or adolescent to wish to commit suicide\What signs to watch forMyths and misinformation about suicideHow to determine the risk of suicideHow to intervene

No five-year-old child would try to kill himself, right?
Contrary to popular belief, young children do get seriously depressed, and many try to kill themselves. Each day more than one thousand teenagers try to kill themselves, and every ninety minutes one succeeds. There is also a dramatic upswing in the number of children aged five to foutreen who try to take theeir own lives.
but there is help for parents whose children are depressed and may be suicidal. In Helping Your Child Cope with Depression and Suicidal Thoughts Shamoo and Patros show parents:
How to lear 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
How to intervene