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A study of 40 adolescents who had engaged in suicidal behaviours showe
d that 77.5% of them reported conflict with their parents in the few h
ours before the event. Significantly more suicidal subjects than contr
ols experienced family conflict, problems at school and problems with
boy/girlfriends during the preceding 6 months. The suicidal subjects a
lso expressed significantly lower levels of family satisfaction than t
he controls. The results support the view that suicidal adolescents ar
e dissatisfied with their family functioning and use suicidal behaviou
r as a means of communicating their distress. (C) 1997 The Association
for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.