@article{ref1,
title="Issues most important to parents after their children's suicide attempt: a pilot Delphi study",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing",
year="2015",
author="Hickey, Kari and Rossetti, Jeanette and Strom, Jan and Bryant, Kelly",
volume="28",
number="4",
pages="157-164",
abstract="PROBLEM: Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people aged 15-24 and results in 4,600 lives lost each year. One important risk factor for completed suicide is a nonlethal suicide attempt. To date, little research has been conducted on the needs of parents of adolescents who have made a nonlethal suicide attempt. <br><br>METHODS: The goal of this pilot study was to describe the most important concerns of parents whose children have made a nonlethal suicide attempt from the perspective of adolescent mental health professionals. A two-round Delphi technique was utilized with an interdisciplinary panel of adolescent mental health experts to gain consensus on what issues are most important to parents after their children's suicide attempt. <br><br>FINDINGS: Panelists described the following as most important to parents after their children's nonlethal suicide attempt: keeping their children safe; identifying what caused or triggered the suicide attempt; strategies to prevent another suicide attempt; and communication and building trust for the future. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: An advanced understanding of the issues most important to parents whose children have made a nonlethal suicide attempt has implications for clinicians in creating acceptable and useful interventions aimed at preventing youth suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-6077",
doi="10.1111/jcap.12124",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12124"
}