Handbook of Assessing Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders by Dean McKay & Eric A. Storch

Author:Dean McKay & Eric A. Storch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

As with adults, any suicide attempt is a major risk factor for future attempts and completed suicide (Shaffer, Gould, et al., 1996), but as only 10–40% of adolescents who complete suicide have made a previous attempt, it is necessary to assess for other risk factors (Brent et al., 1988). In addition to having at least one psychiatric disorder, adolescents who die by suicide are more likely to have a family history of suicide, depression, and substance abuse. In addition, they are more likely to live in home environments that exhibit high levels of conflict and difficulties with communication (Gould, Fisher, Parides, Flory, & Shaffer, 1996).

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