Youth Suicide and Bullying presents an authoritative review of the science demonstrating the links between these two major public health concerns alongside informed discussion and evidence-based recommendations.

Part I. Overview: State of the Science and Current Challenges ; 1. Facing the Challenges of Preventing Youth Suicide and Bullying ; Peter Goldblum, Dorothy L. Espelage, Joyce Chu, Bruce Bongar, Samantha Pflum, and Lisa De La Rue ; 2. Comment Chapter: Bullying and Suicide Prevention: Taking a Balanced Approach that Is Scientifically Informed ; Jeffrey Duong and Catherine P. Bradshaw ; Part II. Defining the Problem: Prevalence, Predictors, and Protectors ; 3. Suicidal Risk as a Function of Bullying and Other Victimization Exposures ; Melissa K. Holt ; 4. Bullying and Mental Health ; Amanda B. Nickerson and Toni Orrange Torchia ; 5. Suicidal Ideation and Bullying: An Ecological Examination of Community Impact ; Pamela Orpinas and Arthur M. Horne ; 6. Psychiatric Models of Bullying Involvement: The Impact of Perceived Psychiatric Illness on Victims, Bullies, and Bully-Victims ; Andrew Edmund Slaby and Samantha Pflum ; 7. Cyberbullying and Suicide: Is There a Link? What are the Roles of Traditional Bullying and the Media? ; Sheri Bauman ; Part III. Cultural Perspectives ; 8. The Connection between Bullying and Suicide in Ethnic Minority Populations ; Teceta Thomas Tormala, Iulia I. Ivan, Rebecca Floyd, and Leonard C. Beckum ; 9. Cultural Competence and Prevention Programming ; Cynthia Hudley ; 10. Suicide Ideation Among Sexual Minority Youth: The Effects of Bullying and Possible Protective Factors ; Paul Poteat and Ian Rivers ; 11. Suicide Risk among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth ; Rylan J. Testa and Michael L. Hendricks ; 12. The Relation between Suicidal Ideation and Bullying Victimization in a National Sample of Transgender and Non-Transgender Adolescents ; Michele L. Ybarra, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and Joseph Kosciw ; Part IV. Explanatory Models ; 13. Social Psychological Model of Adolescent Suicide ; Christopher D. Corona, David A. Jobes, and Alan L. Berman ; 14. Bullying as a Sociocultural Pathway to Suicide ; Joyce Chu, Johnson Ma, Bruce Bongar, and Peter Goldblum ; 15. Minority Stress and Suicide in Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals ; Ilan H. Meyer, David M. Frost, and Sheila Nezhad ; Part V. Educational Approaches ; 16. Bullying, Rejection, and Isolation: Lessons Learned from Classroom Peer Ecology Studies ; Handrea Anita Logis and Philip C. Rodkin ; 17. The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: Efforts to Address Risks Associated with Suicide and Suicide-Related Behaviors ; Susan P. Limber, Jane Riese, Marlene J. Snyder, and Dan Olweus ; 18. School-Wide Bully Prevention Programs and Social-Emotional Learning Approaches to Preventing Bullying and Peer Victimization ; Dorothy L. Espelage, Lisa De La Rue, and Sabina Low ; 19. Welcoming Schools: LGBT and Gender Inclusive Bullying Prevention in Elementary Schools ; Kim Westheimer and Laura Szalacha ; 20. The LET's CONNECT Intervention: Targeting Social Connectedness, Bullying, and Youth Suicide Risk ; Cheryl A. King, Polly Y. Gipson, and Kiel Opperman ; Part VI. Public Health Approaches ; 21. National and State-Level Approaches to Youth Suicide and Bullying Prevention ; Dewey Cornell and Roxana Marachi ; 22. Bullying, Suicide, and the Media ; Whitney Bliss, Samantha Pflum, Laura Sciacca, and Peter Goldblum ; 23. The Mental Health Consequences of Antibullying Policies ; Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Jennifer Hirsch, Richard Parker, Constance Nathanson, and Amy Fairchild ; Part VII. Conclusions and Future Directions ; 24. Comment Chapter: Adapting Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents (IPT-A) for Adolescents Who Engage in Bullying Behaviors and Are at Risk for Suicide ; Anat Brunstein Klomek and Laura Mufson ; 25. Developing an Ecological Approach to Address Challenges of Youth Bullying and Suicide: Recommendations for Research, Practice, Policy, and Training ; Dorothy L. Espelage, Peter Goldblum, Joyce Chu, Bruce Bongar, Lisa De La Rue, and Samantha Pflum

"If you're seeking a comprehensive understanding of bullying and youth suicide-and detailed presentation of exemplary prevention and intervention programs-this is it. This book addresses all levels of the biopsychosocial model with exquisite rigor and clarity. It will serve as a guiding light in the fields of psychology, education, and public health." --Robert-Jay Green, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology PhD Program, and Founder and Senior Research Fellow, Rockway Institute for LGBT Psychology & Public Policy, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, San Francisco "This book is a masterful and timely review of our current understanding of the complex links between bullying and suicide and a 'must read' for both scholars and practitioners who deal with these challenges. The chapters are comprehensive in coverage and broad in scope, with efforts to understand the links between bullying and suicide for both perpetrators and victims. The authors provide a critical review of the empirical research to date and consider multiple theoretical models for understanding the mechanisms underlying the identified links between bullying and suicide; the book also addresses both implications and applications for critical stakeholders, with particular focus on education and public health. This volume provides readers with an in-depth understanding of what we know and what we don't yet understand about how bullying can lead to suicide, informing both research and practice in the field." --Shelley Hymel, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia "As one of the leading causes of death among young people, youth suicide is a serious public health problem, and the association of bullying with youth suicide is of growing interest. As a child and adolescent psychiatry trainee, I particularly appreciated the detailed literature review of the relationship between bullying and youth suicide, the discussions of the various models of suicide, and recommendations for mental health providers in most of the chapters. This book is likely to be most helpful for individuals working with schools, communities, research, or institutions involved in the assessment, intervention, and other developments involving bullying." --Soo Lee, PsycCRITIQUES

Selling point: Presents a balanced, scientific approach to understanding the merging theories from the fields of bullying and suicide. Selling point: Calls for youth suicide and bullying to be viewed as public health and educational issues. Selling point: Offers recommendations by topic experts for families, educators, physicians, researchers, and policymakers. Selling point: Proposes an integrated model incorporating both an educational and public health approach. Selling point: Highlights a multicultural perspective of the problem, including ethnic, sexual, and gender minority issues

Peter Goldblum, PhD, MPH, is a Professor of Psychology at Palo Alto University, where he is Co-Director of the Multicultural Suicide Research Center and the Center for LGBTQ Evidence-based Applied Research (CLEAR). He received the APA Division 44 Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training Award in 2013. Dorothy L. Espelage, PhD, is the Edward William Gutgsell and Jane Marr Gutgsell Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has conducted research on bullying, homophobic name-calling, teen sexual and dating violence, bully prevention programs, and the overlap between various forms of youth violence for 20 years Joyce Chu, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University, where she co-leads the Multicultural Suicide Research Center and the Ethnic Minority Mental Health Research Group. Her work is focused around depression and suicide in ethnic minority adult and geriatric populations. Bruce Bongar, PhD, ABPP, is the Calvin Professor of Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University, and Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Bongar's current scholarly and research projects include clinical and legal standards of care in working with the suicidal patient, the investigation and prevention of suicide in active duty military and veteran populations, bullying and suicide, and multicultural approaches to the assessment, management and treatment of the suicidal patient.

Selling point: Presents a balanced, scientific approach to understanding the merging theories from the fields of bullying and suicide. Selling point: Calls for youth suicide and bullying to be viewed as public health and educational issues. Selling point: Offers recommendations by topic experts for families, educators, physicians, researchers, and policymakers. Selling point: Proposes an integrated model incorporating both an educational and public health approach. Selling point: Highlights a multicultural perspective of the problem, including ethnic, sexual, and gender minority issues