Life events and suicidality in adolescents with schizophrenia

• Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry Vol. 14; no. 8; pp. 454 - 460
• Main Authors: FENNIG, Silvana, HORESH, Netta, ALONI, Daphna, APTER, Alan, WEIZMAN, Abraham, FENNIG, Shmuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.12.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescence; Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology; Female; Humans; Israel - epidemiology; Life Change Events; Male; Medical sciences; Negative life events; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - epidemiology; Schizophrenic Psychology; Suicidal behaviour; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted - prevention & control; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Israel; Human; Mood disorder; Prevalence; Schizophrenia; Depression; Victimology; Suicide; Stress; Suicide attempt; Psychosis; Symptomatology; Life events; Adolescent; Young adult; Risk factor; Family environment; adolescence; Familial relation; Sexual abuse; Severity score; Antecedent; Comparative study

Suicide is the leading cause of premature death in patients with schizophrenia. Studies have shown a weaker association between suicidal behavior and stressful life events in schizophrenic than in nonschizophrenic subjects. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the complicated rela...