The fourth revision of this text offers both tested prevention strategies for work with diverse at-risk populations and counseling techniques that address the complexities of destructive behavior from individual, family, school, and community perspectives. Drawing on the wisdom of 24 experts, this book provides concrete advice for creating and maintaining environments in which children and adolescents can flourish. Chapters include: (1) "Defining Youth at Risk" (D. R. Gross and D. Capuzzi); (2) "Prevention: An Overview" (D. Capuzzi and D. R. Gross); (3) "Resilience" Individual, Family, School, and Community Perspectives" (R. E. Lewis); (4) "The Impact of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics on Children and Adolescents" (V. E. Appleton and C. Dykeman); (5) "'Who Cares What I Think': Problems of Low Self-Esteem" (S. S. Meggert); (6) "Preventing and Treating Depression and Bipolar Disorders in Children and Adolescents" (B. T. McWhirter and J.J. Burrow-Sanchez; (7) "Stress and Trauma: Coping in Today's Society" (R. D. Miars); (8) "The Secret and All-Consuming Obsessions: Eating Disorders" (K. Wright); (9) "Children Having Children: Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood" (M. Haley and A. Sherwood-Hawes); (10) "A Future in Jeopardy: Adolescents and AIDS" (L. A Gray, D. A. Champeau, and R. M. House); (11) "'I Don't Want to Live': The Adolescent at Risk for Suicidal Behavior" (D. Capuzzi and D. R. Gross); (12) "'I Am Somebody': Gang Membership" (S. C. Burnham); (13) "Counseling Queer Youth: Preventing Another Matthew Shepard Story" (F. J. Gutierrez); (14) "Death in the Classroom: Violence in Schools" (A. Finn); (15) "'I Can't Live Without It': Adolescent Substance Abuse" (C. J. Gagliardi, A. M. Gloria, S. E. R. Kurpius, and C. Lambert); (16) "Nowhere to Turn: Homeless Youth" (M. Stormont); (17) "'This Isn't the Place for Me': School Dropout" (M. A. Hermann). Each chapter contains extensive references. (GCP)