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A 16-year-old boy whose brother recently committed suicide is seen in the emergency room after slashing his wrists. He reports having felt severely depressed and hopeless since his brother died and has markedly increased his alcohol intake. His depression actually began 4 years ago, after the death of his father, and has continued unabated. The patient has a history of being disciplined for fighting in school, usually after being teased or provoked by his peers. Immediately before his suicide attempt, he had a fight with his girlfriend, his mood plummeted, and he decided that he might as well be dead. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Brent is the academic chief of child psychiatry and director of the Services for Teens at Risk (STAR) Center at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh; he also holds an endowed chair in suicide studies. Dr. Mann is chief of the Department of Neuroscience and director of research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and a professor of translational neuroscience at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.

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