Full Description
This title was first published in 2002: Why are rates of suicidal behaviour in Chinese adolescents so high? What factors in school, community, family and interpersonal relationships cause this tragedy? Using key new research from leading researchers and social workers with first hand knowledge of these problems in Hong Kong, this enthralling study examines those most at risk and signposts the most effective interventions in therapy and strategic prevention programmes. The result is a highly original and readable account which will be compulsive reading for social workers and academics around the world.
Contents
Contents: Suicidal behaviour in Chinese youth: search for causes and risk factors, John W.L. Tse and Christopher Bagley; Preventing suicidal behaviour in Chinese youth: the role of peer counselling, John W.L. Tse, Christopher Bagley and Mak Hoi-Wah; Self-esteem in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong and Britain, Christopher Bagley and John W.L. Tse; Role of family and community stress in suicidal ideas and behaviour, Christopher Bagley and John W.L. Tse; The suicidal risk scale for Hong Kong students, John W.L. Tse, Christopher Bagley and Anthony Muk-Leung Yau; How Chinese adolescents cope with parental death, Catherine Tsang Yuk-Chun; Stress, social support and quality of life of bereaved spouses, Banny Bing-Yee Cheng and Joyce Lai-Chong Ma; Death education: a tool of child adolescent suicidal prevention, John W.L. Tse.
