Risk of future suicide attempts in adolescent psychiatric inpatients at 18-month follow-up.
This study investigated potential predictors of suicidal behavior in adolescents during an 18-month follow-up period. Subjects included 60 adolescent psychiatric inpatients initially assessed in a private psychiatric hospital. Follow-up suicidality was most strongly predicted by high intake levels of hopelessness, and an increase in or persistent problems with depression during follow-up. Some family functioning variables measured at intake were predictive of suicidal behavior at the univariate level but did not add to the predictive ability of individual functioning variables. A mediational model was proposed in which the impact of family functioning on adolescent suicidality is mediated by its impact on individual functioning.
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Center for Research, Quality Improvement and Training, Applewood Centers, Inc, USA.
Overholser
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Silverman
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011379:Prognosis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention