TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Addiction-risk behaviours and suicide attempts in adolescents
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Garnefski, N.
A1  - de Wilde, E. J.
SP  - 135
EP  - 142
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - Data on single and multiple addiction-risk behaviours and suicidal behaviour were obtained from a large sample of Dutch secondary school students aged 16 to 19 years. Although the prevalence of hard drugs was the lowest of all addiction-risk behaviours, there was a markedly high report of suicidal behaviours in youngsters who used these drugs: one out of each five boys and one out of each three girls. The most "suicidal" combination of two addiction-risk behaviours reported by girls was that of sedatives and hard drugs: more than half of the girls who reported both these behaviours also reported a suicide attempt. In boys, 27% of those who reported sedatives and cigarettes also reported a suicide attempt. The number of addiction-risk behaviours reported by the adolescents showed an almost linear increasing relation with the percentage of suicide attempters. The results suggest that suicidal behaviour and addiction-risk behaviours both should be regarded as part of a complex interaction of multiple behavioural problems. Prevention programmes and intervention strategies should focus on multiple rather than single targets, and screening procedures to detect adolescents at-risk for suicidal behaviour should focus on patterns of multiple risk factors rather than on single behaviours.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jado.1997.0137
ID  - ref1
ER  -