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Adolescent Suicide Attempts: Some Significant Factors
Author(s) -
Tishler Carl L.,
McKenry Patrick C.,
Morgan Karen Christman
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1981.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - adolescent suicide , mental health , psychiatry , psychology , suicide prevention , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , economics , macroeconomics
A group of 108 adolescents who attempted suicide over a two‐year period is described. Significant factors related to these attempts are presented and discussed. These adolescent suicide attempts are most significantly related to long‐term family dysfunction. Some vegetative depressive symptoms are noted in a majority of patients. Implications are drawn for strengthening the mental health practitioner's role in detecting and preventing adolescent suicide.