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This chapter reviews examples of selective suicide prevention programs that have been developed for adolescents identified, or presumed, to be at increased risk for suicidal behavior. Although the youth targeted by such programs are considered to be particularly vulnerable to suicide, in most cases they had not yet exhibited specific signs of suicidal ideation and behavior. Discussed here are programs for five specific youth populations, each of which has shown elevated rates of suicidal behavior: Native American youth, youth with recent exposure to a suicide in the school or community, youth who have access to firearms in the home, youth who have been detained in the juvenile justice system, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Relatively few intervention programs for these populations have been developed to date. This chapter describes programs developed for each group, gives examples, and discusses the assumptions under which these programs operate. |
