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Adolescent Suicide as a Public Health Threat
Author(s) -
Bloch David S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1999.tb00038.x
Subject(s) - seriousness , harm , suicide prevention , psychological intervention , psychiatry , adolescent suicide , poison control , public health , injury prevention , medicine , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , suicide attempt , identification (biology) , psychology , clinical psychology , medical emergency , nursing , social psychology , political science , botany , pathology , law , biology
TOPIC. Adolescent suicide patterns. PURPOSE. To raise awareness of the seriousness of adolescent suicidal behavior by reviming intmtional research on adolescent suicide and evaluating the prospects for identification and intmention. somas. Published literature. CONCLUSIONS. Adolescent suicide research is complicated and often contradictory, but it does provide some insight into prevalence, risk factors, screening tools, and interventions. For completers, the problem may be intractable. But n few broad‐based identification and prevention flouts show promise, and psychotherapy is a provoi success. Even if suicide rates remain high, treatment of attempters should prevent further self‐harm and reduce the completion rate, and thus should be funded.