Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts for Teens

“Jeremy Pettit and Ryan Hill created a very useful text for youth, and therapists working with adolescents. The book uses evidence-based principles and practices to provide the reader with accessible tools for youth in crisis, or who want to learn healthy coping skills. Overcoming Suicidal Thoughts for Teens is an absolute must-add to any set of training resources for clinicians!“—Robert Cramer, PhD, associate professor of public health sciences, and Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Health Research at UNC Charlotte * Robert Cramer, PhD, associate professor of public health sciences, and Irwin Belk Distinguished Scholar in Health Research at UNC Charlotte *
“This groundbreaking and timely work will help countless teenagers who are quietly dealing with internalized feelings of desperation and hopelessness around seemingly insurmountable pressures in their lives. It is viewed as a much-needed resource for teenagers to destigmatize the topic of self-harm during a time of unparalleled social and political unrest, and pressures associated with social media, the hypercompetitive world of college entrance examinations achievement and advancement, and prolonged pandemic-related angst and disruption.“—Gary X. Lancelotta, PhD, ABPP, board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology; and director of Child Psychology Associates, P.A. in Miami, FL * Gary X. Lancelotta, PhD, ABPP, board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology; and director of Child Psychology Associates, P.A. in Miami, FL *
“Therapists working with suicidal teens will find the Pettit and Hill book valuable in both guiding their treatment and as a self-help manual for the teens they are treating. Four different case vignettes run throughout the book, providing opportunities for teens to see situations that they themselves may have encountered in a new light. Coping behaviors, and other techniques, employed by the four teens will be useful for any reader.“—Anthony Spirito, PhD, ABPP, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, who has conducted treatment research with suicidal teens for over twenty-five years * Anthony Spirito, PhD, ABPP, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, who has conducted treatment research with suicidal teens for over twenty-five years *

Jeremy W. Pettit, PhD, is assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston in Houston, TX. He completed his doctoral training at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. His primary area of interest centers on etiological and maintaining factors in depression spectrum disorders. His secondary interests include treatment of depression and biopsychosocial approaches to understanding and preventing suicide. He has published over thirty-five scientific journal articles and edited book chapters on these topics.

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