Personality, Life Events, and Other Psychosocial Factors in Adolescent Depression and Suicide (IN: Suicide and Depression, ed. by G L Klerman)

This chapter examines ways in which personality, life events, & other psychosocial factors are associated with – & whether they differentially predict – adolescent depressive syndrome, suicide attempts, & completed suicides. Similar factors for adults are summarized for comparison purposes. Methodological issues in suicide research are addressed & suggestions for future research are included. (47 refs.) (LH)