Victimized adolescents more at risk of thinking about suicide or attempting suicide at 15

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/e-vam012816.php

Public Release: 28-Jan-2016
Victimized adolescents more at risk of thinking about suicide or attempting suicide at 15
Elsevier

A study to be published in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that adolescents chronically victimized during at least two school years, are about five times more at risk of thinking about suicide and 6 times more at risk of attempting suicide at 15 years compared to those who were never victimized.

This is the first study to show a predictive association between victimization, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in mid-adolescence. It also takes into account a variety of factors, including previous suicidality, mental health problems (by the age of 12 years) such as depression, opposition/defiance and inattention/hyperactivity problems, as well as family adversity.

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