Relationship of Maternal and Perinatal Conditions to Eventual Adolescent Suicide

Salk, Lee; Sturner, William Q.; Lipsitt, Lewis P.; Reilly, Bernice M.; Levat, Robin H.

doi:10.1097/00006254-198510000-00006

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“…For the [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] year-olds, there was a significant trend to increased rates in males but not in females.…”

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“…However, proportional mortality figures could be misleading when assessing trends because they are proportional to the overall suicide mortality, which increased between both periods: in males from 7-84 to 15 The proportional contribution of young males to the total number of suicides increased between 1950 and 1980 in the [15][16][17][18][19] year-olds from 1-3% to 2'8%, and in 20-24 year-olds from 2-4% to 5'9%; in females the changes were respectively from 1-6% to 1-7% and from 3'0% to 3'7%. Table 2 shows the proportional distribution of suicide methods among the [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] year-olds in the period 1968-72 and 1979-84. Noteworthy were the increases in the use of firearms and of poisoning with solid and liquid substances in both sexes, the former more pronounced in males, the latter in females.…”

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Epidemiological aspects of suicide among the young in selected European countries.

Moens

Haenen

Voorde

1988

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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SUMMARY Trends in reported suicide rates were analysed for the ages 5-24 years in 21 selected European countries in 1970-74 and 1980-84. In children the precision of the rates was found to be low though there appeared to be a trend to increased suicide in boys. In adolescent and young adult males, however, there was a definite increase in suicide over the period studied, and this was much more marked than in females, in whom the rates had declined in eight countries. The Belgian situation was investigated in detail. Increases were most pronounced in 20-24 year-old males. Around 1981, about half of youth suicides were committed by firearms and medicaments, and these methods showed the largest increases in risk. The estimated under-reporting error diminished with increasing age and over the past ten years. It was larger in females, but did not bias the trends substantially. On the aggregated level, youth suicide was found most strongly associated with indicators of anomie and social isolation. The relevance of these findings in the search for determinants and for preventive strategies is discussed.

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“…For the [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] year-olds, there was a significant trend to increased rates in males but not in females.…”

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Epidemiological aspects of suicide among the young in selected European countries.

Moens

Haenen

Voorde

1988

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…But these claims were never supported by any statistical data. The first statistical study seems to be the one recently published by Salk et al (7). They found an increased rate of several perinatal risk factors among 46 tested variables for adolescent suicide victims.…”

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Perinatal origin of adult self‐destructive behavior

Jacobson¹,

Eklund²,

Hamberger³

et al. 1987

Acta Psychiatr Scand

106

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The study was undertaken to test whether obstetric procedures are of importance for eventual adult behavior of the newborn, as ecological data from the United States seem to indicate. Birth record data were gathered for 412 forensic victims comprising suicides, alcoholics and drug addicts born in Stockholm after 1940, and who died there in 1978-1984. The births of the victims were unevenly distributed among six hospitals. Comparison with 2,901 controls, and mutual comparison of categories, showed that suicides involving asphyxiation were closely associated with asphyxia at birth, suicides by violent mechanical means were associated with mechanical birth trauma and drug addiction was associated with opiate and/or barbiturate administration to mothers during labor. Irrespective of the mechanism transferring the birth trauma to adulthood--which might be analogous to imprinting--the results show that obstetric procedures should be carefully evaluated and possibly modified to prevent eventual self-destructive behavior.

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“…Taking care of identity boundaries in the first step of treatment could prevent or reduce depressive disorders and is thus interesting from a public health standpoint. In addition, several researchers have empirically demonstrated the relationship between inadequate physical care in early childhood and self-destructive behavior later on in life (Lester, 1991;Orbach, 2003;Salk, 1985). Thus, the factors that play a role in the observed vulnerabilities may have various origins, stemming from different times in life.…”

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Restoring psychic containers of identity after a suicide attempt in adolescence

Kernier¹,

Marty²,

Devouche³

2012

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

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Suicidal acts during adolescence reveal narcissistic vulnerabilities. The author's observation concerns the quality of ego boundaries, as well as their evolution. Longitudinal studies were conducted on the basis of interviews and projective tests performed within 15 days after the suicide attempt and once again the following year. The quantitative analyses of Fisher and Cleveland's Barrier/Penetration scores on the Rorschach show the evolution of identity mechanisms. The results underscore the importance of restoring psychic containers of identity.

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Relationship of Maternal and Perinatal Conditions to Eventual Adolescent Suicide

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Epidemiological aspects of suicide among the young in selected European countries.

Epidemiological aspects of suicide among the young in selected European countries.

Perinatal origin of adult self‐destructive behavior

Restoring psychic containers of identity after a suicide attempt in adolescence

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