Citation

Sandler I, Tein JY, Wolchik S, Ayers TS. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2016; 46(Suppl 1): S32-S38.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, REACH Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12256

PMID

27094109

Abstract

FINDINGS concerning the long-term effects of the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) to reduce suicide ideation and/or attempts of parentally bereaved children and adolescents are presented. Parental death is a significant risk factor for suicide among offspring (Guldin et al., 2015). This study is a long-term follow-up of 244 children and adolescents who had participated in a randomized trial of the FBP, examining the intervention effects on suicide ideation and/or attempts as assessed through multiple sources.

RESULTS indicate a significant effect of the FBP to reduce suicide ideation and/or attempts at the 6- and 15-year follow-up evaluation. The findings support the potential benefits of further research on "upstream" suicide prevention.

© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.

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