Resource Tag: DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY

Population attributable fractions were calculated using data from the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication to determine the proportion of psychiatric disorders & suicide ideation & attempts attributable to adverse childhood experiences. The analysis was stratified by gender. Having experienced any adverse event accounted for a substantial proportion of suicide ideation & attempts among women (16% […]

This book presents the biographies of 32 individuals, some more famous than others, who died by suicide. The focus is on those aspects of their lives which might have influenced their choice to die by suicide. The concluding chapter reviews what might be learned about suicide through the study of these cases.

This study investigated relationships between self-reported ages of achieving minority sexual orientation development milestones, childhood maltreatment, & suicide attempt experiences in a sample of 2,001 women recruited from multiple community sources. Younger age was positively linked to self-reported recall of childhood maltreatment experiences & to a childhood suicide attempt. After adjusting for differences in maltreatment, […]

Cox regressions were used to calculate interaction effects of gender for childhood & parental risk factors for 8815 suicides in a national cohort of 2.47 million Swedish people born between 1946-1968. Low parental socioeconomic status increased suicide risk only for men while living in a metropolitan area increased the risk only for women. Parental psychotic […]

This chapter opens with an extensive discussion of the developmental history of adolescents & factors that may increase their risk of suicide. Adolescent suicides are present in many movies as the central theme or as part of a general theme. Some movies concerning adolescent suicide are reviewed in this chapter, including: Dead Poet’s Society; The […]

This study evaluated prospective evidence of associations between poor parent-child relationships & common psychiatric disorders in later life. A systematic review of studies published between 1970-2008 was done. Analysis of the 23 studies meeting inclusion criterion was by narrative synthesis. 23 papers reported data from 16 cohorts. Maternal emotional unavailability in early life predicted suicide […]

Harm reduction is a new paradigm that seeks to reduce the harmful consequences of substance use & other risky behaviours without requiring abstinence. This article discusses integrative harm reduction psychotherapy, one application of harm reduction principles to psychotherapy. 7 therapeutic tasks are described with attention to clinical process, skills, & strategies. A case is presented […]

50 German patients with social anxiety disorders & 120 healthy controls were investigated using a retrospective interview with 203 questions. Compared to controls, patients described their parents’ rearing styles as significantly more unfavourable. Patients reported higher rates of psychiatric disorders in their families in general, in particular anxiety disorders, depression, & suicidality. The present data […]

This paper examines personal factors, beyond psychopathology, involved in suicidality. The hypothesis is that there are 3 sets of personality constellations that may underlie suicidality: impulsive & aggressive characteristics combined with an oversensitivity to minor life events; narcissism, perfectionism, & the ability to tolerate failure & imperfection, combined with an underlying schizoid personality structure; & […]

This study analyzed promoter polymorphism -1019C>G in 323 suicide victims & 190 controls, all of Slovenian origin. Differences in the distributions of genotype & allele frequences were not statistically significant between suicide victims & controls, & the same was found for distributions according to gender & suicide method. For 62 suicide victims information about stressful […]

The relationship between a history of physical or sexual abuse & current suicide ideation was examined in a total sample of 4,081 adults in Washington state. 1,058 indicated they had experienced either physical or sexual abuse before the age of 18, 52 indicated they had experienced physical abuse in the past 12 months, & 210 […]

The moderating effects of parenting styles on depressed & aggressive children’s suicidal behaviour, including ideation & attempts, were evaluated in 172 children, 6-12 years of age, admitted for acute psychiatric inpatient care. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that, controlling for age & gender, children who endorsed more depressive symptoms or reactive aggression reported more current & […]

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The goal of this study was to examine whether maladaptive responses to depressed mood are associated with suicide attempts in adults with a history of childhood-onset mood disorders. Participants included 223 young adult probands & 112 controls without a history of psychiatric disorder. Probands were followed for 6-99 months. Compared to controls, probands scored significiantly […]

This book is meant to provide a full-spectrum view of suicide & recovery for both suicidal people & those bereaved by suicide. To create a better understanding of the suicidal mind, the factors that lead to self-destructive acts are examined. A new model designed for the professional bereaved by client suicide is included. The final […]

It is hypothesized that early caretaking processes have a powerful role in the development of self-destruction through the formation of alterations in the experience of the body & negative attitudes toward the body. Such body experience & attitudes are believed to interact with anguish, hopelessness, & mounting stress & culminate in self-destruction. Some of the […]

This paper examines the effects of the college environment, family support, & demographics on older adolescents’ suicidal behaviours. 385 adolescent undergraduates completed a demographic questionnaire & the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire. 16% of respondents described themselves as serious ideators, while 59% were seen as ideators. Women indicated having more suicidal thoughts than did men. The type […]

The association of childhood trajectories of anxiousness & disruptiveness with suicide attempts in early adulthood was investigated in a prospective cohort study of French-Canadian children. 1144 individuals participated in the study in early adulthood. In contrast to anxiousness trajectories, disruptiveness & joint trajectories made statistically significant contribtuions to suicide attempts. No support for mediation by […]

The utility of Self-Trauma Theory for explaining the long-term impact of the experience of childhood physical discipline &/or psychological maltreatment was examined. Specifically, the self-capacities of interpersonal relatedness, identity, & affect regulation were tested as mediators of the impact of child maltreatment on different tension-reducing behaviours in adulthood: substance use, aggression, & suicidality. Heirarchical regression […]

108 patients with unipolar deprssion were evaluated for suicide attempt history. They completed the 34-item Childhood Trauma Questionnaire & the Brown-Goodwin Lifetime History of Aggression Scale. 47 of the patients had attempted suicide. Significantly more of the depressed patients who had attempted suicide were female, single, & unemployed. Patients who had attempted suicide had significantly […]

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This study investigated the association between exposure to interparental violence in childhood & mental health outcomes in adulthood. A retrospective cohort study of 3023 French adults was conducted in 2005 through at-home, face-to-face interviews. The outome measures were current depression & lifetime suicide attempt, intimate partner violence, violence against children, & alcohol dependence. Results indicated […]

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