ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2012
Differences between children and adolescents who commit suicide and their peers: A psychological autopsy of suicide victims compared to accident victims and a community sample.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Mortality in Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2026Pooled it
- Parental education and youth suicidal behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Suicidal behaviors and irritability in children and adolescents: a systematic review of the nature and mechanisms of the association.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Metaanalysis of Mood and Substance Use Disorders in Proximal Risk for Suicide Deaths.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2019Pooled it
- The role of bullying victimization in youth suicide: A scoping review of empirical evidence.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Psychological Autopsy in Adolescent Suicide: Evaluating Risk Factors and Research Methods.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Japanese teenage suicide attempters: a retrospective study comparing suicide attempters with young adults.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Informant Discrepancies in Suicidality Screening Tools Among School Age Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Suicide: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Can We Notice the Suicidal Warning Signs of Adolescents With Different Psychometric Profiles Before Their Death?: Analysis of Teachers' Reports.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Comparison of Suicide Attempts and Suicide Deaths by Jumping from a High Place in Korean Children and Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Additional Value of Peer Informants in Psychological Autopsy Studies of Youth Suicides.Qualitative health research · 2021Article
- Introducing the Psychological Autopsy Methodology Checklist.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2021Article
- Life Events and Coping Strategies Among Young People Who Died by Suicide or Sudden Violent Death.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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- Psychosocial risk factors and outcomes associated with suicide attempts in childhood: A retrospective study.Journal of psychiatric research · 2020Article
- Characterisation of depressive symptoms in young children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Article
- Suicide in adolescents: findings from the Swiss National cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2018Article
- Suicide patterns in children and adolescents: a review from a pediatric institution in England.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2017Review
- Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2017Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about the circumstances related to suicide among children and adolescents 15 years and younger.
methodsWe conducted a psychological autopsy, collecting information from parents, hospital records and police reports on persons below the age of 16 who had committed suicide in Norway during a 12-year period (1993-2004) (n = 41). Those who committed suicide were compared with children and adolescents who were killed in accidents during the same time period (n = 43) and with a community sample.
resultsAmong the suicides 25% met the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis and 30% had depressive symptoms at the time of death. Furthermore, 60% of the parents of the suicide victims reported the child experienced some kind of stressful conflict prior to death, whereas only 12% of the parents of the accident victims reported such conflicts.
conclusionOne in four suicide victims fulfilled the criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis. The level of sub-threshold depression and of stressful conflict experienced by youths who committed suicide did not appear to differ substantially from that of their peers, and therefore did not raise sufficient concern for referral to professional help.
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