Background Life events are often reported to precede suicide. This paper aims to determine
the frequency, timing and type of life events preceding suicide by young people and those …

Event history analysis is used to address questions about the timing of first suicidal ideation
during preadolescence and adolescence. Are suicidal thoughts atypical during …

Known risk factors for suicide in a young person include a mood disorder, alcohol abuse,
recent loss of a loved one, and a family history of suicidal behavior. Drs. David Brent and …

OBJECTIVE: An ongoing, 14-year, longitudinal community study examined psychosocial
risks for adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts, as well as the link between earlier …

Objective Victims of child abuse may be at increased risk of acting on suicide ideation,
although this has not been empirically tested. We estimated the risk of suicide attempts …

The relationship between childhood diagnosis, personality psychopathology and suicidal
behavior in young adulthood was explored in a sample of 327 suicide ideators, single …

Forty-nine suicide cases were drawn from an original sample of 151 consecutive youth
suicide deaths. We used information from 270 interviews with parents and other survivors to …

BackgroundSuicidal behaviors in young individuals represent an important public health
problem. Understanding their natural history and relationships would therefore be of clinical …

OBJECTIVE: To determine reasons for suicide attempts in adolescents and to examine the
relationship between these reasons and psychological functioning. METHOD: Self-reported …

The authors review studies related to the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of suicide in
adolescents and young adults. The two-to three-fold increase in suicide rates for these …