Discusses use of rock music lyrics to help hard-to-reach adolescents communicate feelings about their social roles and development. Asserts that guided discussion about familiar lyrics and issues they invoke can help adolescents offer opinions, listen to others, and learn to disagree without being aggressive. (Author/NB)

Notes that researchers have consistently found several correlates with adolescent suicide. Highlights the interactive nature of these correlates, describes how they can be placed within a developmental framework, and discusses how this framework can be used to assist the school counselor in understanding adolescent suicide and in generating ideas…