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. 2008 Nov;17(4):197-201.

Previously suicidal adolescents: predictors of six-month outcome

Brian Greenfield  1 , Melissa Henry, Margaret Weiss, Sze Man Tse, Jean-Marc Guile, Geoffrey Dougherty, Xun Zhang, Eric Fombonne, Eric Lis, Sam Lapalme-Remis, Bonnie Harnden
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Previously suicidal adolescents: predictors of six-month outcome

Brian Greenfield et al. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2008 Nov.

Abstract
in English, French

Objective: To determine the baseline variables, including borderline personality disorder (BPD), associated with the six-month outcome of previously suicidal adolescents (n=263) presenting to an emergency department and treated predominantly as out-patients.

Methods: Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the associations between baseline variables and suicidality at six-month follow-up.

Results: BPD, previous suicide attempt(s), drug use and female gender were associated with subsequent suicidality.

Conclusions: These findings corroborate previously reported risk factors for recurring suicidality among adolescents and broaden their generalizability to those presenting to an emergency department, many diagnosed with BPD.

Objectif: Définir les variables des données de base, qui incluent le trouble de personnalité borderline (TPB), après suivi de six mois de 263 adolescents suicidaires qui se sont présentés à un service d’urgence et ont été traités principalement en clinique externe.

Méthodologie: La régression logistique multivariable a servi à analyser les associations entre les variables des données de base et la suicidalité après un suivi de six mois.

Résultats: Le TPB, les tentatives de suicide, la toxicomanie et le sexe féminin sont associés à un comportement suicidaire.

Conclusion: Les résultats confirment les facteurs de risque évoqués précédemment en ce qui a trait au comportement suicidaire récurrent chez les adolescents; ces constatations peuvent être étendues aux nombreux patients qui souffrent de TPB et qui se présentent à un service d’urgence.

Keywords: adolescence; borderline personality disorder; predictors; prospective; suicide.

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