Risk and protective factors for medically serious suicide attempts: a comparison of hospital-based with population-based samples of young adults

Abstract

Results are discussed in terms of designing evidence-based suicide prevention activities for young adults.

Gender, Early Alcohol Use, and Suicide Ideation and Attempts: Findings from the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

“…Clearly there are multiple pathways for alcohol to contribute to suicidal behaviors. It is possible that early and potentially persistent use of alcohol in childhood negatively impact social connectedness, problem-solving confidence, and the locus of control that are all protective factors against medically serious suicide attempts [13], and that these deficits are more prominent among youth who initiate alcohol early in life. Unfortunately, given the cross-sectional analyses and limited variables included on this topic, these questions cannot be examined in the current dataset.…”

“…Future research is needed to disentangle prospectively the interconnections between preteen alcohol use initiation and suicidal behaviors among boys and girls. Research that examines both risk and protective factors such as social connectedness and problem-solving skills [13] in conjunction with drinking motives [37] may be particularly important for future prevention and intervention efforts.…”

The Role of Positive and Negative Social Exchanges Between Adolescents, their Peers and Family as Predictors of Suicide Ideation

“…This has led to the widely accepted notion that negatively perceived social exchanges unfavorably affects adolescent well-being and that a negatively perceived peer network, more so than a negatively perceived family network, is related to adolescent malfunction (Garnefski and Doets 2000). There is also some evidence that protective factors within the family, including caring and support, may increase resilience and buffer adverse environmental influences as demonstrated with African American teens (Meadows et al 2005;Wingate et al 2005) and hospital-based adolescents (Donald et al 2006). Although depression is the largest single risk factor for teenage suicide behavior, there is evidence that interpersonal relationship difficulties make a significant independent contribution to this risk.…”

“…Although depression is the largest single risk factor for teenage suicide behavior, there is evidence that interpersonal relationship difficulties make a significant independent contribution to this risk. (Donald et al 2006). Perceived parent and family connectedness has also been reported as protective against suicide attempts for adolescent black, Hispanic and white females and males (Borowsky et al 2001).…”

Suicide by Burning

“…Numerous studies review these factors in suicidal patients. 19,20 The demographic findings of our patients are discussed later in the text.…”