Citation

Brent DA, Perper JA, Moritz G, Baugher M, Roth C, Balach L, Schweers J. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1993; 23(3): 179-187.

Affiliation

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, PA 15213.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8249030

Abstract

The relationship between stressful life events and adolescent suicide was assessed in 67 adolescent suicide victims and 67 matched community controls. In the year before death, suicide completers were more likely to have experienced: (1) interpersonal conflict with parents and with boy/girlfriends, (2) disruption of a romantic attachment, (3) legal or disciplinary problems. Legal or disciplinary problems were more commonly associated with suicide in conduct and substance abuse disordered youth. Interpersonal loss was more commonly associated with suicide in substance abuse as well. Even after controlling for psychopathology, legal and disciplinary problems in the past year were associated with an increased risk of suicide.