Suicide Among Gifted Children and Adolescents

from waltzmn

I've needed a good book on this topic all my life. Now, dear publisher, drop this one and get someone to write it. I don't know when I first experienced suicide ideation -- but it was certainly in elementary school. The people I hang around with are very bright and very troubled -- I don't have ...

from MrStrand

Academic in nature, but doesn't seem especially helpful for either the clinician or general audiences. This is the kind of work one would start with when attempting to grasp the most basic concepts of a topic before going into deeper research. It fails in one primary function in it's mission whic...

from Randy_Landes

If you want to know all the statistics that is out there on suicide prevention and gifted children then this book is for you. It also does a great job of helping the reader understand what those statistic means in reference to treating the gifted who are suicidal. The book identifies schools as t...

from SumisBooks

I'm giving this book 4 stars instead of 5 for the simple fact that I wish it were a bit longer and the concepts and ideas/suggestions were more expanded upon. This book has some amazing points and makes them clearly. However considering the short length of the book, I felt as though I was reading...

from

It's hard to know how to review this book, as my first reaction upon reading was that I cannot possibly be among the anticipated readers. I don't work with kids nor am I an academic; I assumed that this book was for all who are interested, and as a mature adult who well remembers being an adolesc...