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Issues Most Important to Parents After Their Children's Suicide Attempt: A Pilot D elphi Study
Author(s) -
Hickey Kari,
Rossetti Jeanette,
Strom Jan,
Bryant Kelly
Publication year - 2015
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/jcap.12124
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , psychological intervention , mental health , suicide attempt , adolescent suicide , perspective (graphical) , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Problem Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people aged 15–24 and results in 4,600 lives lost each year. One important risk factor for completed suicide is a nonlethal suicide attempt. To date, little research has been conducted on the needs of parents of adolescents who have made a nonlethal suicide attempt. Methods The goal of this pilot study was to describe the most important concerns of parents whose children have made a nonlethal suicide attempt from the perspective of adolescent mental health professionals. A two‐round D elphi technique was utilized with an interdisciplinary panel of adolescent mental health experts to gain consensus on what issues are most important to parents after their children's suicide attempt. Findings Panelists described the following as most important to parents after their children's nonlethal suicide attempt: keeping their children safe; identifying what caused or triggered the suicide attempt; strategies to prevent another suicide attempt; and communication and building trust for the future. Conclusions An advanced understanding of the issues most important to parents whose children have made a nonlethal suicide attempt has implications for clinicians in creating acceptable and useful interventions aimed at preventing youth suicide.