Mattison R E
Department of Psychiatry, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, 17033.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1988 Oct;49 Suppl:9-11.
The increasing risk of suicide among children and adolescents makes imperative the development of a set of appropriate and clinically significant predictors of suicide risk for that group. Of particular concern is the need to understand the role of anxiety psychopathology in suicidal children and the occurrence of suicidal behaviors in children with anxiety disorders. The author reviews the recent investigations assessing childhood and adolescent suicide risk and emphasizes the need to update our current methods in assessing both suicidal behavior and anxiety. Furthermore, he points out the need for prospective studies of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents to identify those children at risk for suicide and other psychopathology as they mature.
儿童和青少年自杀风险的不断增加，使得开发一套适用于该群体的、具有临床意义的自杀风险预测指标变得势在必行。特别值得关注的是，需要了解焦虑心理病理学在有自杀倾向儿童中的作用，以及焦虑症患儿自杀行为的发生情况。作者回顾了近期评估儿童和青少年自杀风险的调查，并强调有必要更新我们目前评估自杀行为和焦虑的方法。此外，他指出需要对儿童和青少年焦虑症进行前瞻性研究，以确定那些随着年龄增长有自杀和其他精神病理学风险的儿童。
