Pfeffer C R
Cornell University Medical College, White Plains, New York.
Yale J Biol Med. 1990 Jul-Aug;63(4):325-32.
This overview presents the significant findings on suicidal risk in children and adolescents. Specifically, it outlines macroscopic domains of suicidal youth such as psychosocial, sociocultural, and philosophical features. A definition of youth suicidal episodes and descriptions of their component features are offered. Risk factors involving psychopathology in the suicidal youngster and family as well as other environmental, developmental, and physiological stresses are highlighted. Directions for clinical management and empirical research are offered.
本综述介绍了儿童和青少年自杀风险的重要研究结果。具体而言,它概述了青少年自杀的宏观领域,如心理社会、社会文化和哲学特征。文中给出了青少年自杀事件的定义及其组成特征的描述。强调了涉及自杀青少年及其家庭心理病理学以及其他环境、发育和生理压力的风险因素。还提供了临床管理和实证研究的方向。