Robbins D, Conroy R C
J Adolesc Health Care. 1983 Jan;3(4):253-5. doi: 10.1016/s0197-0070(83)80247-2.
Adolescent self-destructive behavior has increased during recent decades. Suicide now ranks third as a cause of death among older teenagers. Although recent studies have highlighted multiple risk factors for this behavior, little attention has been paid to the role of contagion as a possible cause for suicide attempts. Within a 6-month period, a small suburban community experienced two adolescent deaths from suicide followed by five attempts and an admission for suicidal ideation, within 7 weeks subsequent to the second fatality. The six patients were among a group of students from the same high school who not only related to each other during the school day but who also visited each other at the time of hospitalization for suicidal behavior. The possible role of suicidal behavior precipitating other self-destructive attempts within a peer group is explored. The development of strategies for dealing with issues of depression and suicide within a high-school environment may be needed.
近几十年来，青少年的自我毁灭行为有所增加。自杀目前在大龄青少年的死因中位列第三。尽管最近的研究强调了这种行为的多种风险因素，但作为自杀未遂的一个可能原因，传染的作用却很少受到关注。在6个月的时间里，一个小型郊区社区有两名青少年自杀身亡，随后在第二名青少年死亡后的7周内，又有5起自杀未遂事件以及1例因自杀念头而入院治疗的情况。这6名患者来自同一所高中的一群学生，他们不仅在上学日相互交往，而且在因自杀行为住院期间还相互探访。本文探讨了自杀行为在同龄人群体中引发其他自我毁灭企图的可能作用。可能需要制定策略来应对高中环境中的抑郁和自杀问题。
