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Life adversities and suicidal behavior in young individuals: a systematic review.
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92 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Correlations between negative life events and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- The Meaning in Life in Suicidal Patients: The Presence and the Search for Constructs. A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Pooled it
- Stressful life events during adolescence and risk for externalizing and internalizing psychopathology: a meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Pooled it
- Childhood adversity, adulthood adversity and suicidal ideation in Chinese patients with major depressive disorder: in line with stress sensitization.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2022Trial
- Effect of assertive case management intervention on suicide attempters with comorbid Axis I and II psychiatric diagnoses: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Exploring factors contributing to adolescent suicide using psychological autopsy - A scoping review.PloS one · 2026Article
- Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents With Confirmed Maltreatment: Insights From the 2016-2020 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- ADHD in Youth With Major Depressive Disorder in the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN): Clinical Correlates and Moderators.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
- The roles of adverse childhood experiences and genetic liability in risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A factor analytic approach.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Parent-teen concordance of selected adverse childhood experiences in a national sample of teenagers: Findings from National Health Interview Survey - Teen.Child abuse & neglect · 2025Article
- Childhood adversity and racial discrimination forecast suicidal and death ideation among emerging adult Black men: A longitudinal analysis.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2025Article
- Association between negative life events and suicidal behavior in adolescents: roles of core self-evaluation, depression and gender.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
- Pathways to suicide for children and youth in Guyana: A life charts analysis.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Article
- Adolescent Depression and Cognition Risk for Suicide: An Investigation of Risk Factors and Gene Environment Interactions.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and risk of suicide and substance-related mortality through middle adulthood.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Childhood Trauma, Dissociation, Attachment and Alexithymia in Patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2025Article
- Specific effects of distinct types of adverse childhood experiences on the co-occurrence of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors among Chinese adolescents: a latent class analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Experience of pre-suicidal suffering: insights from suicide attempt survivors.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Childhood conditions and mental health among youth and young adults in Greenland: a latent class analysis.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
- Depression and suicidal ideation among Black individuals in Canada: mediating role of traumatic life events and moderating role of racial microaggressions and internalized racism.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Suicidal behavior in young people is a significant public health problem. However, it is not yet clear whether adversities (adverse life events) may be related to suicidality in adolescence and early adulthood. This paper aimed to investigate systematically the association between the type/number of adverse life events and experiences and suicidal behavior in young people. We developed a detailed strategy to search relevant articles in Pubmed, Scopus, PsycInfo, and Science Direct (January 1980-January 2015) about adverse life events and suicidal behavior. Adverse life events and experiences included maltreatment and violence, loss events, intra-familial problems, school and interpersonal problems. Studies were restricted to suicidal behavior in young people aged 10-25 years. The search yielded 245 articles, of which 28 met our inclusion criteria. Most studies reported a strong association between adversities and suicidality (both suicidal ideation and attempts). Based on the main results, the number of adversities or negative life events experienced seemed to have a positive dose-response relationship with youth suicidal behavior. However, the type of event experienced also appeared to matter: one of the most consistent findings was the association between suicidal behavior and experience of sexual abuse. More prospective studies are needed to elucidate the relative importance of risk accumulation and risk specificity for youth suicide.
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