@article{ref1,
title="Child survivors of suicide: psychosocial characteristics",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1997",
author="Pfeffer, C. R. and Martins, P. and Mann, J. and Sunkenberg, M. and Ice, A. and Damore, J. P. Jr and Gallo, C. and Karpenos, I. and Jiang, Hong",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="65-74",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe psychosocial characteristics of children and young adolescents who experienced the recent suicidal death of a parent or sibling. METHOD: Sixteen families with children aged 5 years to 14 years and who experienced the suicidal death of a relative on average within the year of research assessment were recruited from the community and evaluated with standard research instruments for levels of children's psychiatric symptoms and social adjustment. RESULTS: Child survivors of suicide had a higher rate of internalizing symptoms and poorer school adjustments than a standard community sample. Twenty-five percent of the families had children who reported clinically significant symptoms of depression. Approximately 40% of the families included children who reported at least moderate symptoms of posttraumatic stress. Approximately 31% of families had at least one child who reported suicidal ideation, but no child reported a suicide attempt. Significant associations were identified between psychosocial features of the children and parental psychiatric symptoms and stressful life events. CONCLUSION: Child survivors of suicide are at risk for psychiatric symptoms and social maladjustment which require early identification and preventive intervention to minimize risk for more extensive psychosocial morbidity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}