title: Suicidal children grow up: demographic and clinical risk factors for adolescent suicide attempts.
abstract: This longitudinal study reports rates and demographic and clinical risk factors for adolescent suicide attempts during a 6- to 8-year follow-up period of an initial sample of 106 preadolescent and young adolescent psychiatric inpatients and 101 preadolescent and young adolescent nonpatients. Survival analysis was used to evaluate risk for a first suicide attempt in the follow-up period for 133 subjects who were interviewed. No deaths occurred. Suicidal inpatients, compared with nonpatients, had earlier first suicide attempts in the follow-up period. Adolescents who attempted suicide in the follow-up period were seven times more likely to have a mood disorder during the follow-up period than those who did not attempt suicide. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Medical College, New York.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Klerman
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hurt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesser
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Peskin
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Siefker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016019:Survival Analysis