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Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents
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American Journal of Psychotherapy
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Phillips, Gary
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ALEC L. MILLER, JILL H. RATHUS AND MARSHA LINEHAN: Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. The Guilford Press, New York, 2007, 346 pages, $40.00, ISBN: 978-1-59385-383-9
This is an excellent book for all clinicians who work with suicidal adolescents. Beginning with an overview of current knowledge of how to effectively treat this population, the authors then develop their use of dialetical behavior therapy, an evidence based treatment paradigm, in its application to the treatment of such severely disturbed children.
The more I read this book the more excited I became with the depth, thoroughness, and meaningfulness of the treatment approach described. It became increasingly ...