<scp>P</scp>arents‐<scp>CARE</scp>: A Suicide Prevention Program for Parents of At‐Risk Youth

Hooven, Carole

doi:10.1111/jcap.12025

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“…The implication is that there may be familial factors which influence suicidal behaviours among these adolescents and thus bring the family into the equation of preventing adolescent suicidality. The role of the family in youth suicide prevention is sometimes paradoxical, as risk or protective ( Hooven, 2013 ). In recent times, connectedness has been identified as providing a conceptual framework for prosecuting a public health prevention agenda in adolescent suicidal behaviours, where parents’ awareness of adolescents in distress needing help and leading them to seek support becomes critical.…”

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The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

Asante

Kugbey

Osafo

et al. 2017

SSM - Population Health

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Suicide is recognised as the third leading cause of death among adolescents globally. There is however limited data on the prevalence and factors associated with suicide particularly in Ghana. To explore the prevalence and risk and protective factors associated with suicide in Ghana, a nationwide Global School-based Student Health Survey data collected among senior high school adolescents in Ghana was used. The prevalence of suicidal behaviours was 18.2%, 22.5% and 22.2% for suicidal ideation, suicidal plan and suicidal attempt respectively. In the final analysis, anxiety increases the odds of suicidal behaviour, even after controlling for other variables. Loneliness increases the odds of suicidal behaviour but after adjusting for other factors the odds remained for only suicidal plan. Being bullied, physically attacked, involved in a physical fight and food insecurity remained risk factors for suicidal behaviour (i.e. ideation, plan and attempt) after adjusting for other factors. Truancy was found as a risk factor for both suicidal ideation and plans but such effect diminished for suicidal plan after adjusting for other variables. Increasing number of close friends remained a risk factor for both suicidal plan and attempt but such effect diminished for suicidal ideation after adjusting for other variables. Parental understanding of adolescents’ problems and worries remained a significant protective factor for all the indices of suicidal behaviour after adjusting for other variables. Parental respect for privacy was protective of suicidal attempt but was not significant after adjusting for other variables. Early identification and intervention for at-risk adolescents in senior high schools, for example those experiencing different forms of physical abuse, drug and substance use and hunger can potentially reduce the prevalence of suicide among this population in Ghana.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

Asante

Kugbey

Osafo

et al. 2017

SSM - Population Health

129

126

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“…Finally, this article offers databased suggestions for the kinds of neighborhood interventions that might reduce risk for vulnerable youth, as well as potentially all community members. Hooven (2013) presents the family context as both a source of risk and a source of risk prevention for the suicidevulnerable youth, and by so doing underscores the importance of including families in youth suicide prevention. The P-CARE parent program is described in detail, including specific components that target youth coping and help-seeking deficits as well as those that address negative interactions in the home.…”

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Introduction to the Special Edition on School & Community Contexts of Youth and Mental Health

Delaney

2013

Child Adoles Psych Nursing

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“…A suicide threat, explicit or implicit, presents parents with a major challenge. Their reaction and the ensuing exchange can profoundly influence the suicidal dynamic and the parent–child relationship (Daniel & Goldston, ; Hooven, ; Kidd et al., ). Parents and child alike can suffer deeply in such situations.…”

Section: Nvr and The Interpersonal Dynamics In Suicide‐threat Situationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most suicide prevention programs concentrate on directing youth to sources of assistance (Klimes‐Dougan, Klingbeil, & Meller, ). Despite this, it is rare to find prevention programs including families of vulnerable youth (Hooven, ). This can pose a serious problem in the identification of risk as, especially with young persons, parents are often the first and sometimes only people to be aware of the threat (Luoma, Martin, & Pearson, ; Owens et al., ; Owen et al., ; Pikris et al., ).…”

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Helping Parents Cope with Suicide Threats: An Approach Based on Nonviolent Resistance

Omer

Dolberger²

2015

Family Process

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Parent training in nonviolent resistance was adapted to deal with situations of suicide threat by children, adolescents, and young adults. The approach aims at reducing the risk potential and the mutual distress surrounding the threat-interaction. Parent training in nonviolent resistance has been shown to help parents move from helplessness to presence, from isolation to connectedness, from submission to resistance, from escalation to self-control, and from mutual distancing and hostility to care and support. Those emphases can be crucial for the diminution of suicide risk. Parents show good ability to implement the approach and report gains on various areas over and beyond the reduction in suicide threat. A particular advantage is that the method can be used also in cases where the young person threatening suicide is not willing to cooperate.

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Parents‐CARE: A Suicide Prevention Program for Parents of At‐Risk Youth

Cited by 22 publications

References 76 publications

The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

The prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviours (ideation, plan and attempt) among adolescents in senior high schools in Ghana

Introduction to the Special Edition on School & Community Contexts of Youth and Mental Health

Helping Parents Cope with Suicide Threats: An Approach Based on Nonviolent Resistance

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