Adolescent suicide attempts and adult adjustment

Background: Adolescent suicide attempts are disproportionally prevalent and frequently of low severity, raising questions regarding their long-term prognostic implications. In this study, we examined whether adolescent attempts were asso- ciated with impairments related to suicidality, psychopathology, and psychosocial functioning in adulthood (objective 1) and whether these impairments were better accounted for by concurrent adolescent confounders (objective 2). Method: Eight hundred and sixteen adolescents were assessed using interviews and question- naires at four time points from adolescence to adulthood. We examined whether lifetime suicide attempts in adolescence (by T2, mean age 17) predicted adult out- comes (by T4, mean age 30) using linear and logistic regressions in unadjusted models (objective 1) and adjusting for sociodemographic background, adolescent psychopathology, and family risk factors (objective 2). Results: In unadjusted analyses, adolescent suicide attempts predicted poorer adjustment on all outcomes, except those related to social role status. After adjustment, adolescent attempts remained predictive of axis I and II psychopathology (anxiety disorder, antisocial and borderline personality disorder symptoms), global and social adjustment, risky sex, and psychiatric treatment utilization. However, adolescent attempts no longer predicted most adult outcomes, notably suicide attempts and major depressive disorder. Secondary analyses indicated that associations did not differ by sex and attempt characteristics (intent, lethality, recurrence). Conclusions: Adolescent suicide attempters are at high risk of protracted and wide-ranging im- pairments, regardless of the characteristics of their attempt. Although attempts specifically predict (and possibly influence) several outcomes, results suggest that most impairments reflect the confounding contributions of other individual and family problems or vulnerabilites in adolescent attempters.

Mohave ethnopsychiatry and suicide: the psychiatric knowledge and the psychic disturbances of an Indian tribe.

Bibliography: p. 553-567.

De l'hypochondrie et du suicide : considérations sur les causes... /

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A treatise on female, nervous, hysterical, hypochondriacal, bilious, convulsive diseases, apoplexy and palsy : which thoughts on madness, suicide ... /

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Des maladies de la peau, et de celles de l'esprit, telles que les vapeurs, la mélancolie, la manie, le suicide, qui procèdent des affections du foie; leur origine, la description de celles qui sont le moins connues, les traitemens qui leur conviennent /

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Crime, suicide and social well-being in your state and city

"Texas Christian University diamond jubilee edition."

Du suicide : statistique, médecine, histoire et législation /

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Du suicide et de la folie suicide : considérés dans leurs rapports avec la statistique, la médecine et la philosophie /

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Du suicide et de la folie suicide /

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2005 - 2007 suicide prevention report : Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Committee.

"December 2007"

2007 Illinois suicide prevention strategic plan.

In 2007, an alliance was formed between the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning Committee and the Illinois Suicide Prevention Coalition, unifying the strengths of the groups to continue to advance the plan. The joint mission of this alliance is "to reduce suicide and its stigma throughout Illinois by collaboratively working with concerned stakeholders from the public and private sectors to increase awareness and education, provide opportunities to develop individual and organizational capacity in addressing suicide prevention, and advocate for access to treatment."

Recent trends in suicide among Illinois residents : a vital statistics special report.

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State agency review and initial recommendations report : recommendations of policy and program changes to support suicide prevention.

In addition to the development and implementation of an Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan, the alliance was charged with reviewing the statutorily prescribed missions, policies and procedures of the Illinois departments of Public Health, Human Services and Aging and the State Board of Education. This report is a compilation of that review and includes recommendations to incorporate suicide prevention in the missions, policies and procedures of these state agencies.

Suicide among Illinois residents, 1969-71 and 1979-81 : a vital statistics report /

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Recollections of a Russian diplomat; the suicide of monarchies (William II and Nicholas II)

Preface signed: L. W. Makovski.