Parent–child contact problems and family intensive interventions: The crisis of adolescent suicidality and the role of social media
Published date | 01 July 2023 |
Author | Marcy A. Pasternak,Sharon Ryan Montgomery |
Date | 01 July 2023 |
DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12740 |
SPECIAL FEATURE
Parent–child contact problems and family
intensive interventions: The crisis of adolescent
suicidality and the role of social media
Marcy A. Pasternak
1
|Sharon Ryan Montgomery
2
1
Watchung, New Jersey, USA
2
Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Correspondence
Marcy A. Pasternak, 96 Joan Drive,
Watchung, NJ 07069, USA.
Email: marcypasternak@gmail.com
Abstract
Although clinicians, educators and parents have been
alarmed by the decline in the mental health of children
and adolescents commensurate with the Covid-19 pan-
demic, statistics indicate there has been a downward spi-
ral over the last decade. This has been evident in the
overall increase in suicide rates for young people. For legal
and mental health professionals working in the Family
Court system, this has provided unique challenges. Most
vulnerable has been those children and adolescents
embroiled in high conflict divorces, especially those
exhibiting parent child contact problems. This article
focuses upon that population exhibiting parent child con-
tact problems, and their treatment, specifically Family
Intensive Intervention. Building Family Resilience is an
Intensive family treatment program that has had to
address this deterioration in child and adolescent mental
health and increase in suicidality. The role of social media
in both exacerbating and/or ameliorating mental health
issues is explored.
KEYWORDS
adolescent mental health, adolescent suicide, child mental health,
child suicide, divorce, family intervention, family systems therapy,
high conflict, parent child contact problems, reunification therapy,
social media
DOI: 10.1111/fcre.12740
© 2023 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
490 Family Court Rev. 2023;61:490–495.
wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/fcre
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