Author: Shafii, M.; Carrigan, S.; Whittinghill, J. R.; Derrick, A.
Description: A psychological autopsy of 20 children and adolescents aged 12-19 years who had committed suicide and a matched-pair control group revealed that 85% of the victims and 18% of the control subjects had expressed suicidal ideation. A statistically significant number of the victims had a history of suicide threats (55%), suicide attempts (40%), drug or alcohol abuse (70%), antisocial behavior (70%), or inhibited personality (65%). Suicidal behavior of parents, relatives, or friends and a parental history of emotional problems and absence or abusiveness were also significant factors for the victims.
Subject headings: Adolescent; Age Factors; Aggression; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Child; Family; Female; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Interview, Psychological; Male; Mental Disorders; Parents; Substance-Related Disorders; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted
Publication year: 1985
Journal or book title: The American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume: 142
Issue: 9
Pages: 1061-1064
Find the full text: https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.142.9.1061
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