A prospective examination of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior among psychiatric adolescent inpatients.

Year: 2015 Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.(2015).45(2):243Ð259.DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12125 SIEC No: 20150181

The challenge of identifying suicide risk in adolescents, and particularly among high-risk subgroups such as adolescent inpatients, calls for further study of models of suicidal behavior that could meaningfully aid in the prediction of risk. This study examined how well the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior (IPTS), with its constructs of thwarted belongingness (TB), perceived burdensomeness (PB), and an acquired capability (AC) for lethal self-injury, predicts suicide attempts among adolescents (N = 376) 3 and 12 months after hospitalization.

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Czyz, E.Berona, J.King, C.