Danzo Sarah, Anan Yomna, Kidd Kacie, Sequeira Gina, Kahn Nicole F
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA.
Center for Child Health, Behavior & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA USA.
Curr Pediatr Rep. 2025;13(1):26. doi: 10.1007/s40124-025-00363-9. Epub 2025 Sep 24.
Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents. However, while there is a growing focus on suicide prevention efforts, there has been very little research on how to support young people bereaved by suicide, particularly adolescent siblings. Given the impact of suicide on the entire family, as well as the increased risk of mental health problems and suicidal behaviors during adolescence, we sought to review the current literature through a family systems lens to identify what is known, current gaps, and needs for future work to be able to better support adolescents bereaved by sibling suicide.
Overall, very few studies have examined the impact of sibling suicide on adolescents, and even fewer examine interventions for adolescents who have lost a sibling to suicide.
Findings highlight a critical need for more work focused on developing and rigorously evaluating interventions for adolescents bereaved by sibling suicide. Additional program development and research in this area is critical to improve long term outcomes for adolescents and their families, and to ultimately reduce suicide risk among surviving adolescent siblings.
自杀是青少年死亡的主要原因之一。然而，尽管预防自杀的努力越来越受到关注，但对于如何支持因自杀而失去亲人的年轻人，尤其是青少年兄弟姐妹，相关研究却非常少。鉴于自杀对整个家庭的影响，以及青少年时期心理健康问题和自杀行为风险的增加，我们试图从家庭系统的角度审视当前的文献，以确定已知的情况、当前的差距以及未来工作的需求，以便能够更好地支持因兄弟姐妹自杀而失去亲人的青少年。
总体而言，很少有研究探讨兄弟姐妹自杀对青少年的影响，更少有人研究针对因兄弟姐妹自杀而失去亲人的青少年的干预措施。
研究结果突出表明，迫切需要开展更多工作，专注于为因兄弟姐妹自杀而失去亲人的青少年开发并严格评估干预措施。该领域额外的项目开发和研究对于改善青少年及其家庭的长期结果，并最终降低幸存青少年兄弟姐妹的自杀风险至关重要。
