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Foreword, Charles R. Swenson Introduction 1. Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents: Who Is Most at Risk? 2. What Do We Know about Effective Treatments for Suicidal Adolescents? 3. Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Treatment Stages, Primary Targets, and Strategies 4. DBT Program Structure: Functions and Modes 5. Dialectical Dilemmas for Adolescents: Addressing Secondary Targets 6. Assessing Adolescents: Suicide Risk, Diagnosis, and Treatment Feasibility 7. Orienting Adolescents and Families to Treatment and Obtaining Commitment 8. Individual Therapy with Adolescents 9. Including Families in Treatment 10. Skills Training with Adolescents 11. Assessing Progress, Running a Graduate Group, and Terminating Treatment 12. Program Issues Appendix A. Mindfulness Exercises for Adolescents Appendix B. Walking the Middle Path Skills: Lecture and Discussion Points Appendix C. Handouts for Walking the Middle Path Skills