Pfeffer C R, Normandin L, Kakuma T
Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital-Westchester Division, White Plains 10605, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1998 May;186(5):269-75. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199805000-00002.
Standard family history and family study methods were used with 650 first- and 1174 second-degree biological relatives of 133 adolescents who were studied initially 6 to 8 years ago. They included 69 prepubertal children considered at risk for suicidal behavior and 64 prepubertal children selected from the community. This study aimed to identify relationships between family psychopathology and adolescents' lifetime history of suicidal states. Family discord, suicide attempts of mother, and substance abuse of mothers and fathers were significantly more prevalent among adolescents with lifetime history of a suicide attempt. Mothers' and fathers' substance abuse was associated with adolescents' lifetime history of suicidal ideation. Results highlight importance of evaluating and treating family psychopathology to reduce risk for youth suicidal states.
采用标准的家族史和家族研究方法，对650名一级生物学亲属和1174名二级生物学亲属进行了研究，这些亲属来自133名青少年，他们在6至8年前首次接受研究。其中包括69名被认为有自杀行为风险的青春期前儿童和64名从社区中挑选出的青春期前儿童。本研究旨在确定家庭精神病理学与青少年自杀状态终生史之间的关系。在有自杀未遂终生史的青少年中，家庭不和、母亲的自杀未遂以及母亲和父亲的药物滥用明显更为普遍。母亲和父亲的药物滥用与青少年自杀意念的终生史有关。结果凸显了评估和治疗家庭精神病理学以降低青少年自杀状态风险的重要性。
