Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2013 Dec;43(6):692-703. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12052. Epub 2013 Aug 17.
We examined teenagers' attitudes about the role of mental illness in suicidal behavior and the relationship between these attitudes and suicide risk. Serious suicidal ideation or behavior and associated risk factors (gender, depression, substance problems, and first-hand experience with a suicidal peer) were assessed in 2,419 students at six New York high schools. Less than one fifth of students thought that mental illness was a major contributor to suicide. Suicidal adolescents and those at risk were less likely than their nonsuicidal and low-risk counterparts to associate suicide with mental illness. Our findings contribute to the debate over whether accepting attitudes toward suicide increase suicide risk.
我们研究了青少年对精神疾病在自杀行为中所扮演角色的看法，以及这些态度与自杀风险之间的关系。在纽约六所高中的 2419 名学生中，评估了严重自杀意念或行为以及相关风险因素（性别、抑郁、物质问题和与自杀同伴的第一手经验）。不到五分之一的学生认为精神疾病是导致自杀的主要原因。与没有自杀念头和低风险的同龄人相比，有自杀念头和处于风险中的青少年不太可能将自杀与精神疾病联系起来。我们的研究结果为关于接受自杀态度是否会增加自杀风险的争论做出了贡献。
