OBJECTIVE: Precipitating factors and life events associated with medically serious suicide
attempts were examined in young people making serious suicide attempts and control …

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between a series of sociodemographic factors,
childhood experiences, and mental disorders and risk of serious suicide attempt in young …

The purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial risk factors uniquely associated with
past suicide attempts. Data assessing a large number of variables were available from a …

The prevalence of mental health and suicidal behavior was examined 8 to 10 years after an
adolescent suicide attempt. Of 71 persons, 79% had at least one psychiatric disorder (mean …

Background: Few psychosocial risk factors for completed suicide in children and
adolescents have been studied systematically. The present study was designed to examine …

Predictors for repetition of suicide attempts were evaluated among 92 adolescent suicide
attempters 9 years after an index suicide attempt (90% females). Five were dead, two by …

OBJECTIVE: This study compared risk factors for suicide and medically serious nonfatal
suicide attempts among youth under 25 years of age. METHOD: Three groups were …

Objective Although the relationship between experience of problematic life events and
adolescent suicidal behavior has frequently been recognized during the past decade, few …

• The characteristics of adolescent suicide victims (n= 27) were compared with those of a
group at high risk for suicide, suicidal psychiatric inpatients (n= 56) who had either seriously …

Attempted suicide among adolescents is a significant public health concern due to its
frequency, coexisting physical and psychiatric problems, and economic toll. Attempters are …