ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2009
The incidence and course of depression in bereaved youth 21 months after the loss of a parent to suicide, accident, or sudden natural death.
Article in The American journal of psychiatry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 102 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of controlled studies of suicidal and self-harming behaviours in adolescents following bereavement by suicide.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Physical and psychosomatic health outcomes in people bereaved by suicide compared to people bereaved by other modes of death: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Examining the role of psychological factors in the relationship between sleep problems and suicide.Clinical psychology review · 2017Pooled it
- Heterogeneous trajectories of suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms during an indicated school-based CBT intervention: a group-based trajectory modeling study.BMC psychology · 2026Trial
- Preventing Adverse Outcomes for Bereaved Youth: Indirect Effects From a Randomized Trial of the Family Bereavement Program on Fear of Abandonment, Grief, and Mental Health.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2024Trial
- Developmental Pathways of the Family Bereavement Program to Prevent Major Depression 15 Years Later.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Three perspectives on mental health problems of young adults and their parents at a 15-year follow-up of the family bereavement program.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2018Trial
- Parental death and parental substance use problems during childhood and the risk of DSM-5 substance use, suicidality and mental health disorders.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Association of parental death and separation with child mortality in India.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prolonged Grief-Related Symptoms Among Young Individuals After Loss of a Parent or Sibling to Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Comparative analysis of socio-demographic and clinical profiles among suicide attempt patients: A three-month follow-up study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Maternal Cancer Mortality and Orphanhood: A Neglected Global Health and Equity Challenge.Annals of global health · 2026Review
- Mortality Risk Following a Household Suicide.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Stress Resilience and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders After Childhood Bereavement.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Reciprocal relations between prolonged grief and anger in homicidally bereaved people involved in a criminal trial: a four-wave cross-lagged panel model.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
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- Growing around grief: the lived experience of parentally-bereaved young people in the UK.Mortality (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- "It's better I kill myself and rest in peace": a qualitative study on suicide attempts among adolescents in Ghana.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- The role of depression and use of alcohol and other drugs after partner suicide in the association between suicide bereavement and suicide: cohort study in the Danish population.Psychological medicine · 2024Article
- Violence Exposure, Self-Reported Mental Health Concerns and Use of Alcohol and Drugs for Coping among Youth in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda.International journal of mental health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study examined effects of bereavement 21 months after a parent's death, particularly death by suicide.
methodThe participants were 176 offspring, ages 7-25, of parents who died by suicide, accident, or sudden natural death. They were assessed 9 and 21 months after the death, along with 168 nonbereaved subjects.
resultsMajor depression and alcohol or substance abuse 21 months after the parent's death were more common among bereaved youth than among comparison subjects. Offspring with parental suicide or accidental death had higher rates of depression than comparison subjects; those with parental suicide had higher rates of alcohol or substance abuse. Youth with parental suicide had a higher incidence of depression than those bereaved by sudden natural death. Bereavement and a past history of depression increased depression risk in the 9 months following the death, which increased depression risk between 9 and 21 months. Losing a mother, blaming others, low self-esteem, negative coping, and complicated grief were associated with depression in the second year.
conclusionsYouth who lose a parent, especially through suicide, are vulnerable to depression and alcohol or substance abuse during the second year after the loss. Depression risk in the second year is mediated by the increased incidence of depression within the first 9 months. The most propitious time to prevent or attenuate depressive episodes in bereaved youth may be shortly after the parent's death. Interventions that target complicated grief and blaming of others may also improve outcomes in symptomatic youth with parental bereavement.
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