Psychosocial Aspects of Deliberate Physical Suicide Attempts by Children and Adolescents

Suicide is the second most common cause of death among young people in Lithuania. This study aimed to evaluate circumstance, and conditions possibly related to suicide attempt in adolescents. Study was performed at the tertiary Children’s Hospital. Medical documentation of the suicide attempts from...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 2023-09, Vol.62 (8), p.885-893
Main Authors: Kinciniene, Odeta, Sambaras, Rokas, Lesinskaite, Auge, Zilinskaite, Virginija, Lesinskiene, Sigita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Child & adolescent mental health
Comorbidity
Patients
Pediatrics
Self destructive behavior
Self-injury
Suicidal behavior
Suicide
Teenagers
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Summary:Suicide is the second most common cause of death among young people in Lithuania. This study aimed to evaluate circumstance, and conditions possibly related to suicide attempt in adolescents. Study was performed at the tertiary Children’s Hospital. Medical documentation of the suicide attempts from January 2011 to April 2018 was analyzed. There were 102 cases included in the study: 83.8% female and 16.2% male patients (average age of 15.02 ± 1.9); 40.6% of patients lived in divorced families, 17.7% in orphanages, 4.2% in foster care; 36.4% suffered from parental alcoholism, and 17.2% experienced suicide in close surroundings; 54.1% experienced bullying or violence (26.0%), and 85.4% showed signs of other types of self-harm, girls more often (P < .001). In 52.8% of cases, the attempt was spontaneous, and 34% relapsed. In summary female gender, living in orphanages, and signs of other self-harm were significantly related to suicide attempt.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/00099228221145106