A 5-Year Follow-up Study of Suicide Attempts Among French Adolescents

Laurent, Annie; Foussard, N.; David, Martine; Boucharlat, J; Bost, M

doi:10.1016/s1054-139x(97)00262-0

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“…Spirito et al (1992) found that 16.7% of adolescents presenting to a general hospital after a suicide attempt used alcohol at least once a week at a three-month follow-up Additionally, hospitalized adolescent suicide attempters have been shown to be more likely to drink at least weekly or meet criteria for alcohol abuse than non-suicidal pediatric controls between 5 and 15 years later (Laurent, Foussard, David, Boucharlat, & Bost, 1998;Otto, 1972). None of these studies reported assessing drinking patterns prior to the attempt, limiting our ability to determine whether post-attempt drinking was a consequence of the suicide attempt.…”

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Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: Toward the development of a conceptual framework

Bagge

Sher

2008

Clinical Psychology Review

114

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The present article provides a conceptual framework of the relation between alcohol involvement (A) and suicide attempts (S). This framework can be broadly construed to reflect two dimensions: directionality (direction of causality; A→S, S→A, or a spurious relation) and temporality (distinguishing between proximal and distal effects of both behaviors). We review and evaluate the evidence on the association between A and S among adolescents using this conceptual framework as a guide. The extant data suggest that this relation is complex and not fully understood. Further, it seems unlikely that a single approach will be found to determine direction of causality, and the specification and validation of hypothesized mechanisms will involve a variety of different types of evidence. Suggestions for additional research using informative designs are discussed.Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents and accounts for more deaths per year than the next seven leading causes combined (Anderson & Smith, 2003). In 2004, the incidence of suicide was 1.3/100,000 per year among youth aged 10-14 and 8.2/100,000 per year among adolescents aged 15-19 (Center of Disease Control [CDC], 2005). It is estimated that for every death by suicide there are between 8 to 25 nonfatal suicide attempts (Moscicki, 2001). Beyond the tragedy of self-inflicted mortality, the repercussions of adolescent suicide on close friends, extended peer networks, and the family are often severe and account for additional emotional and economic costs to individuals and society (Miller, Covington, & Jenson, 1999). Recognizing the importance of adolescent suicide and suicide attempts to the Nation's health, Healthy People 2010 (Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2000) has listed as high priority goals to reduce, by more than half, completed suicide overall and suicide attempts in youth.Given the seriousness of suicide, there is historical interest in identifying the factors that predispose adolescents to attempt suicide. Alcohol involvement (AI) is consistently implicated in adolescent suicide attempts (Mehlenbeck, Spirito, Barnett, & Overholser, 2003). This association has been hypothesized since the birth of modern psychiatry. Menninger conceptualized addiction as both a protracted from of chronic suicide and as playing a part in focal deliberate "accidents" (Menninger, 1938). Similar to Menninger, we believe that alcohol can relate to suicide attempts both situationally and chronically, and the aim of this paper is to put forth a conceptual framework of the relation between AI and suicide attempts.Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Courtney L. Bagge, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Psychological Sciences, 200 South Seventh Street, Columbia, MO 65211-0001. I may also be reached by telephone at (573) 882-9770, by fax at (573) 884-5588 or by email at CLBF34@mizzou.edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a...

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Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: Toward the development of a conceptual framework

Bagge

Sher

2008

Clinical Psychology Review

114

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“…Youths who attempt or contemplate suicide would be expected to have high levels of psychological distress following their suicidality. Empirical data on heterosexual youths support this hypothesis (e.g., Laurent et al, 1998;Lewinsohn et al, 1994;Pfeffer et al, 1993;Spirito et al, 1992). For example, in a large cohort of adolescents (Fergusson & Lynskey, 1995), youths who reported a past suicide attempt (at or prior to age 14) were 17 times more likely to be diagnosed (at age 16) with a mood disorder, 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, and 13 times more likely to be diagnosed with conduct disorder.…”

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Psychological Distress Following Suicidality Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths: Role of Social Relationships

Rosario

Schrimshaw²,

Hunter³

2005

J Youth Adolescence

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Longitudinal relations between past suicidality and subsequent changes in psychological distress at follow-up were examined among gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) youths, as were psychosocial factors (e.g., self-esteem, social support, negative social relationships) that might mediate or moderate this relation. Past suicide attempters were found to have higher levels of depressive symptoms, anxious symptoms, and conduct problems at a later time than youths who neither attempted nor ideated. Psychosocial factors failed to mediate this relation. The interaction among past suicidality, social support, and negative relationships was associated with subsequent changes in all three psychological distress indicators six months later. Specifically, high levels of support (either from family or friends) or negative relationships were found to predict increased psychological distress among those with a history of suicide attempts, but not among youths without a history of suicidality. The findings suggest that GLB youths who attempt suicide continue to have elevated levels of psychological distress long after their attempt and they highlight the importance of social relationships in the youths' psychological distress at follow-up. Keywordsgay; lesbian; bisexual adolescents; suicide attempts; suicidal ideation; psychological distress; conduct problems; self-esteem; social support; negative social relationships; longitudinal research Suicide is a critical public health concern among gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) youths. These youths live in a society that stigmatizes and condemns homosexuality (e.g., Herek,To whom correspondence should be addressed at Department of Psychology, The City University of New York -The City College and Graduate Center, NAC Building 7-120, Convent Avenue and 138 th Street, New York, NY 10031. mrosario@gc.cuny.edu. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the biannual meeting of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Oxford, UK, September 2002; and, at . Thus, it is unsurprising that many GLB youths, given their young age and developmentally limited coping strategies, have considered or attempted suicide in response to the stigmatization (e.g., Bontempo & D'Augelli, 2002;Hershberger & D'Augelli, 1995). Indeed, the prevalence of suicidality is elevated among GLB youths (see below). However, nothing is known about the long-term implications of suicidality among GLB youths. The present report on GLB youths examines the relation of suicidality on subsequent psychological distress at follow-up and further investigates psychosocial factors that mediate or moderate the relation between suicidality and changes in psychological distress. Prevalence of Suicidality Among GLB YouthsStudies employing representative samples have found a significantly higher prevalence of suicide attempts among GLB youths than heterosexual youths: between 21% and 35% within the past year among GLB youths and between 4% and 14% among heterosexual youths (Faulkner & Cranston, 1998;Fergusson et al...

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“…The drop-out rate is, however, not larger than in other relevant long-term follow-up studies (e.g. Ivarsson et al, 1998;Laurent et al, 1998;Pfeffer et al, 1991). Hypothetically, this may have influenced the relationship between the variables.…”

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“…Suspected risk for suicide and sexual abuse stand out as the most important reasons for children's referral to acute treatment due to increased risk for future attempts and later poor mental health (Goldston et al, 1999;Jeffrey & Jeffrey, 1991;Laurent, Foussard, David, Boucharlat, & Bost, 1998;Romans, Martin, Anderson, O'Shea, & Mullen, 1995). Still, few follow-up studies of patients with suicide attempts focus on the broader mental health status at follow-up, or on a broad spectrum of outcome predictors including major life events.…”

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“…A specific life event perspective, addressing isolated life events, has been applied in studies of adolescents where current suicide attempts were predicted by events such as a family break-up, psychiatric hospitalization or criminal offence (Ivarsson, Larsson, & Gillberg, 1998;Laurent et al, 1998;Wichstrom, 2000). Among adults, unemployment as well as marital separation or divorce are serious life events increasing the risk for suicidal attempts (Dieserud, Loeb, & Ekeberg, 2000).…”

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Adolescent life events and adult mental health 5–9 years after referral for acute psychiatric outpatient treatment

Skarbø¹,

Rosenvinge

Holte

2004

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Knowledge is needed of mental health in relation to life events of former acute child and adolescent outpatients at risk of suicide.The present study describes the long-term mental health outcome of young adults who as children or adolescents were referred to outpatient psychiatry for mental health problems, and identifies putative mental health statistical outcome predictors at follow-up, with focus on life events.One hundred patients referred to treatment at child and adolescent outpatient clinics in Nordland County, Norway, during 1990-1994 were interviewed face to face, 5-9 years after referral.At follow-up, life events at young age were associated with the mental health status in spite of referral and acute psychotherapeutic intervention. There was a general effect of life events at young age, affecting a large number of mental health variables. Childhood and adolescence difficulties were highly correlated, indicating a possible continuation of effects from childhood to adolescence.

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A 5-Year Follow-up Study of Suicide Attempts Among French Adolescents

Cited by 38 publications

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Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: Toward the development of a conceptual framework

Adolescent alcohol involvement and suicide attempts: Toward the development of a conceptual framework

Psychological Distress Following Suicidality Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths: Role of Social Relationships

Adolescent life events and adult mental health 5–9 years after referral for acute psychiatric outpatient treatment

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