@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal children grow up: rates and psychosocial risk factors for suicide attempts during follow-up",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1993",
author="Pfeffer, C. R. and Klerman, G. L. and Hurt, S. W. and Kakuma, T. and Peskin, J. R. and Siefker, C. A.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="106-113",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Rates and psychosocial risk factors for suicide attempts during a 6 to 8-year follow-up period were compared for 25 predominantly prepubertal inpatient suicide attempters, 28 inpatient suicidal ideators, 16 nonsuicidal inpatients, and 64 nonpatients. METHOD: Standard research instruments were used to interview subjects and parents. Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were used to identify risk factors for a suicide attempt in the follow-up. RESULTS: No deaths occurred during follow-up. Suicide attempters were six times and suicidal ideators were three times more likely than were nonpatients to attempt suicide during follow-up. Poor social adjustment and mood disorder close to a recurrent suicide attempt were the strongest risk factors. CONCLUSIONS: Risk assessment should focus on identifying symptoms of mood disorders and impaired social adjustment in children with histories of suicide attempts and psychiatric hospitalization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}