Intrapsychic symptom dimensions of adolescent suicide attempters
Tishler, C.L.; McKenry, P.C.
Journal of Family Practice 16(4): 731-734
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509 PMID: 6833961 Document Number: 215655
The research literature on adolescent suicide is unclear as to whether psychopathology underlies the suicide attempt. A group of 46 adolescent suicide attempters were compared with a group of 46 adolescent nonattempters to determine whether suicidal adolescents differed from this comparison group in characteristics of psychopathology. The findings indicated that the attempters exceeded nonattempters on 8 of 11 measures of psychopathology. Such findings suggest that adolescent suicide attempters emit clear signs of psychological distress that can be detected by physicians treating this population.