An epidemiological and clinical approach to adolescent suicide. A comparison between suicidal and non-suicidal clinical groups in a health foundation center for French students

Suicidal behaviour among young people represents a major public health problem. This study seeks to compare the major sociological, clinical, schooling and family features of suicidal and non-suicidal subgroups of adolescents hospitalised in the Health Foundation Center for French Students of neufmo...

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Published in:European child & adolescent psychiatry 1995-01, Vol.4 (1), p.32-38
Main Authors: Halfon, O, Laget, J, Barrie, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Aftercare
Cross-Sectional Studies
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
France
France - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Patients
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychosis
Risk Factors
Social Adjustment
Social Background
Suicidal behaviour
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicide, Attempted - prevention & control
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Suicidal behaviour among young people represents a major public health problem. This study seeks to compare the major sociological, clinical, schooling and family features of suicidal and non-suicidal subgroups of adolescents hospitalised in the Health Foundation Center for French Students of neufmoutiers en Brie (France). All these adolescents suffered from the severe mental disorders. The adolescents from the suicidal subgroup presented significantly fewer psychoses and more mood disorders than those of the non-suicidal subgroup. Half of the patients from the suicidal subgroup presented some features of personality disorders, mostly borderline personality disorders. Nevertheless, their global functioning was more frequently improved between admission and discharge than was the case for the non-suicidal group.
ISSN:1018-8827
1435-165X
DOI:10.1007/BF01987964