ts specifically ask young people about suicide attempts and ideation. It is further recommended that any developed interventions for reducing risk involve parents or legal guardians.
The extent to which depression places adolescents at risk for suicide was examined by Cappelli, Clulow, Goodman and Davidson who examined the six-month prevalence of depression and suicidal probability among new referrals to an adolescent health clinic. Subjects in the study were 104 Canadian adolescents (aged 13 18 years), all of whom completed the Beck Depression Inventory and the Suicide Probability Scale and were categorized according to the psychological and/or physical nature of their presenting problem.
Data showed that 59 percent of subjects' scores on the BDI documented them as depressed, with 21 percent falling in the moderate range and 21 percent falling within the severe range of depression. Approximately 22 percent of the sample demonstrated significant suici
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