With this In Focus pamphlet the reader will learn that depression is the leading cause of suicide, and that it is a temporary and treatable condition.

Warns that suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens, links the prevalence of suicide and suicide attempts to major depression, describes the symptoms of depression, and provides ways to approach someone you fear may be contemplating suicide.

A concise overview of the prevalence, symptoms, forms of treatment and ways to help someone suffering from this most common--and sometimes very serious--emotional illness.

Lists the warning signs that show that abuse may be psychological as well as physical, and often begins with alientation of the target from family, interestes and friends. Provides recommendations for escaping from the entaglements of an abusive relation, or helping someone else escape.

Explores the reasons an estimated two million people, most of them young women, secretly cut, burn or otherwise injure themselves as a means of dealing with overwhelming emotions. Provides suggestions for approaching someone you suspect of self-injuring

Addresses the multiple stages of dating abuse, and teaches teens how to spot a potential abuser, how to get out of an abusive relationship, and how to help someone else who is enmeshed in one.

This new addition to the In The Know-At Risk series examines the suprisingly subtle way bullying works, confronts readers with the fact that most kids disapprove but unintentionally encourage bullying, and suggests ways to avoid becoming a victim.

Explains that self-injury is a hazardous and usually hidden technique used by some people to control overwhelming psychological pain. Examines the characteristics commonly seen in those who self-injure, while providing suggestions on how to help.

Puts student concerns about school safety in proper perspective, reassuring them that school violence is less common than most teens think, while providing detailed suggestions for reducing it still further-- beginning with the importance of reporting actual or potential violence to a responsible adult.

This recent addition to the In The Know--At Risk series addresses the most common form of bullying among girls--attacking others through their social relationships with gossip, exclusion and slander.