Open AccessSuicide attempts in a longitudinal sample of adolescents followed through adulthood: Evidence of escalation.
Author(s) -
David B. Goldston,
Stephanie S. Daniel,
Alaattin Erkanli,
Nicole Heilbron,
Otima Doyle,
Bridget E. Weller,
Jeffrey Sapyta,
Andrew Mayfield,
Madelaine Faulkner
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/a0038657
Subject(s) - psychology , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , psycinfo , young adult , psychological intervention , human factors and ergonomics , logistic regression , clinical psychology , occupational safety and health , longitudinal study , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , medline , medical emergency , pathology , political science , law
This study was designed to examine escalation in repeat suicide attempts from adolescence through adulthood, as predicted by sensitization models (and reflected in increasing intent and lethality with repeat attempts, decreasing amount of time between attempts, and decreasing stress to trigger attempts).