Suizid im Kindes- und Jugendalter

Predictors of suicidal behavior in a high school student population: a cross-sectional study

“…This research proposes an empirical model of the relation� ship between suicide attempts and other health�risk and problem behaviors. Our study confirms specific lit� erature findings [7,22,23] that teenage suicidal behav� iors are influenced by a broad range of factors. Accord� ing to the univariate analysis, many adolescents report� ed one or more risk or problem behaviors.…”

“…In this study, the single item measure of depressive symptoms must be viewed only as an indicator for what may actu�  Springer-Verlag 17-18/2009 wkw ally be occurring. The psychosocial environment of sui� cidal adolescents has been shown to be deficient in a number of features, most particularly in the area of family functioning where adequate relationships, sup� port and communication are lacking [23,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Family or parent-adolescent conflict is frequently associated with suicide risk behaviors.…”

Genetics of suicide: a systematic review of twin studies

“…The present corpus of literature, published between 1812 and 2006 in six languages (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish) in a variety of sources (original journal reports and review papers, book chapters, monographs, other books, and published medical dissertations), is larger than any of the previous reviews on suicide in twins. Research into suicide is well developed in Austria [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42], including a number of recent contributions to this journal [21,[37][38][39][40][41][42], but no Austrian case reports or studies of suicide in twins emerged from the literature search.…”