On August 25, Springer Nature in collaboration with the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37) released a volume in the Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practiceopens in new window series titled, Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention: Best Practices and Policy Implicationsopens in new window. Advances is the division’s publication in SpringerBriefs in Psychology.
Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention offers a comprehensive review of current research on the public health crisis and best practices to prevent youth suicide. The volume was edited by John P. Ackerman, PhD, from the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Lisa M. Horowitz, PhD, MPH, from the National Institute of Mental Health. It includes 18 chapters organized into five sections on (a) foundations for suicide prevention, (b) prevention in school settings, (c) screening and intervention with suicidal teens, (d) prevention and intervention for special populations, and (e) the development of more effective systems of prevention.
With support provided by Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation and Big Lots Behavioral Health Services, the volume is available in an open access format. An electronic copy of specific chapters or the entire volume can be downloaded free of charge here. A softcover version of the book is also available for purchase.
Other volumes in the Advances series are available to members of the division free of charge through the publications menu on Div. 37's website.