Childhood conceptions of death and suicide: Empirical investigations and implications for suicide prevention

Résumé

When do children begin to form an understanding about suicide? What do they know and think about suicide at different stages of development How do their conceptions of suicide develop and change? How do children learn about suicide? What are the implications of children's understanding of suicide for suicide prevention? The above questions are the major focus of this paper. ENFANT CONCEPT-MORT DÉVELOPPEMENT PRÉVENTION