Understanding and Treating Suicidal Adolescents from a Counselor's Perspective

Understanding and Treating Suicidal Adolescents In our world today, media commonly portrays topics that used to be considered taboo into the faces of people everywhere. One of these topics is suicide. It was common in the past that suicide occurred; however, it was not talked about. That has changed over the last ten years. Suicide began to be spoken about when it was announced worldwide regarding the death of one particular influential person: Kurt Cobain. …

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