Da. Brent et al., STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND ADOLESCENT SUICIDE - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY, Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 23(3), 1993, pp. 179-187
The relationship between stressful life events and adolescent suicide
was assessed in 67 adolescent suicide victims and 67 matched community
controls. In the year before death, suicide completers were more like
ly to have experienced: (1) interpersonal conflict with parents and wi
th boy/girlfriends, (2) disruption of a romantic attachment, (3) legal
or disciplinary problems. Legal or disciplinary problems were more co
mmonly associated with suicide in conduct and substance abuse disorder
ed youth. Interpersonal loss was more commonly associated with suicide
in substance abuse as well. Even after controlling for psychopatholog
y, legal and disciplinary problems in the past year were associated wi
th an increased risk of suicide.