Abstract
Suicide prevention is an important area of expertise for all professionals working in psychiatric institutional settings. Children and adolescents in psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers are at greater risk for suicidal behaviors. Furthermore, it is unfortunate when suicidal behavior occurs in these institutional settings because keeping youngsters safe is one of their main purposes. The purpose of this chapter is to review knowledge of youth suicidal behavior and issues relevant to working with a suicidal child in psychiatric institutional settings, whether they be hospitals or residential treatment centers. It will also focus on the differences between institutional treatment settings.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Alessi, N. E., McManus, M., Brickman, A., & Grapentine, L. (1984). Suicidal behavior among serious juvenile offenders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 141, 286–287.
Ambrosini, P. J., & Puig-Antich, J. (1985. Major depression in children and adolescents. In D. Shaffer, A. A. Ehrhardt, & L. L. Greenhill (Eds.), The clinical guide to child psychiatry (pp. 182–191). New York: Free Press.
Baldessarini, R. J. (1985. Drugs and the treatment of psychiatric disorders. In A. G. Gilman, L. S. Goodman, T. W. Rail, & F. Murad (Eds.), The pharmacological basis of therapeutics (pp. 387–445). New York: Macmillan.
Beck, A. T., Rush, A. J., Shaw, B. F., & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive therapy for depression. New York: Guilford Press.
Campbell, M., Small, A. M., Green, W. H., Jennings, S. J., Perry, R., Bennett, W. G., & Anderson, L. (1984). Behavioral efficacy of haloperidol and lithium carbonate: A comparison in hospitalized aggressive children with conduct disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 41, 650–656.
Cohen-Sandier, R., Berman, A. L., & King, R. A. (1982a). A follow-up study of hospitalized suicidal children. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 21, 398–403.
Cohen-Sandier, R., Berman, A. L., & King, R. A. (1982b). Life stresses and symptomatology: Determinants of suicidal behavior in children. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 21, 178–186.
Friedman, J. M. H., Asnis, G. M., Boeck, M., & DiFiore, J. (1987). Prevalence of specific suicidal behaviors in a high school sample. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144, 1203–1206.
Gawin, F. H., & Ellinwood, E. H. Jr. (1988). Cocaine and other stimulants: Actions, abuse, and treatment. New England Journal of Medicine, 318, 1173–1182.
Gould, M. S., & Shaffer, D. (1986). The impact of suicide in television movies: Evidence of imitation. New England Journal of Medicine, 315, 690–694.
Josef, N. C., Kinkel, R. J., & Bailey, C. W. (1986). Suicide attempts by school-age adolescents. Program and Papers on New Research. The 139th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Abstract # NR57, Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.
Kramer, A. D., & Feiguine, R. J. (1981). Clinical effects of amitriptyline in adolescent depression: A pilot study. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 20, 636–644.
Law, W. III, Petti, T. A., & Kazdin, A. E. (1981). Withdrawal symptoms after graduated cessation of imipramine in children. American Journal of Psychiatry, 138, 647–650.
Mattsson, A., Seese, L. R., & Hawkins, J. W. (1969). Suicidal behavior as a child psychiatric emergency. Archives of General Psychiatry, 20, 100–109.
National Center For Health Statistics: Advance report of final mortality statistics (1987, August 28). Monthly Vital Statistics Report (Vol. 36, No. 5). Hyattsville, MD: Public Health Service.
Paulson, M. J., Stone, D., & Sposto, R. (1978). Suicidal potential and behavior in children ages 4-12. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 8, 225–242.
Pfeffer, C. R. (1986). The suicidal child. New York: Guilford Press.
Pfeffer, C. R., Conte, H. R., Plutchik, R., & Jerrett, I. (1980). Suicidal behavior in latency-age children: An empirical study: An outpatient population. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 19, 703–710.
Pfeffer, C. R., Newcorn, J., Kaplan, B., Mizruchi, M. S., & Plutchik, R. (1988). Suicidal behavior in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 27, 357–361.
Pfeffer, C. R., Plutchik, R., Mizruchi, M. S., & Lipkins, R. (1986). Suicidal behavior in child psychiatric inpatients and outpatients and in nonpatients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143, 733–738.
Pfeffer, C. R., Solomon, B., Plutchik, R., Mizruchi, M. S., & Weiner, A. (1982). Suicidal behavior in latency-age psychiatric inpatients: A replication and cross-validation. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 21, 564–569.
Pfeffer, C. R., Zuckerman, S., Plutchik, R., & Mizruchi, M. S. (1984). Suicidal behavior in normal school children: A comparison with child psychiatric inpatients. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 23, 416–423.
Phillips, D. P., & Carstensen, L. L. (1986). Clustering of teenage suicides after television news stories about suicide. New England Journal of Medicine, 315, 685–689.
Puig-Antich, J., Perel, J. M., Lupatkin, W., Chambers, W. J., Tabrizi, M. A., King, J., Goetz, R., Davies, M., & Stiller, R. L. (1987). Imipramine in prepubertal major depressive disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44, 81–89.
Rall, T. W., & Schleifer, L. S. (1985. Drugs effective in the therapy of the epilepsies. In A. G. Gilman, L. S. Goodman, T. W. Rall, & F. Murad (Eds.), The pharmacological basis of therapeutics (pp. 446–472). New York: Macmillan.
Rich, C. L., Young, D., & Fowler, R. C. (1986). San Diego Suicide Study I: Young versus old subjects. Archives of General Psychiatry, 43, 577–582.
Ritchie, J. M. (1985. The aliphatic alcohols. In A. G. Gilman, L. S. Goodman, T. W. Rall, & F. Murad (Eds.), The pharmacological basis of therapeutics (pp. 372–386). New York: Macmillan.
Robbins, D. R., & Alessi, N. E. (1985). Depressive symptoms and suicidal behavior in adolescents. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 588–592.
Ryan, N. D., Puig-Antich, J., Ambrosini, P., Rabinovich, H., Robinson, D., Nelson, B., Iyengar, S., & Twomey, J. (1987): The clinical picture of major depression in children and adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44, 854–861.
Shaffer, D. (1974). Suicide in childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15, 275–291.
Shaffer, D., & Fisher, P. (1981). The epidemiology of suicide in children and young adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 20, 545–565.
Shafii, M., Carrigan, S., Whittinghill, J. R., & Derrick, A. (1985). Psychological autopsy of completed suicide in children and adolescents. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142, 1061–1064.
Weiner, N. (1985. Drugs that inhibit adrenergic nerves and block adrenergic receptors. In A. G. Gilman, L. S. Goodman, T. W. Rall, & F. Murad (Eds.), The pharmacological basis of therapeutics (pp. 181–214). New York: Macmillan.
Wilkes, T. C. R., & Rush, A. J. (1988). Adaptations of cognitive therapy for depressed adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 27, 381–386.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Sokol, M., Pfeffer, C.R. (1989). The Suicidal Child and Adolescent. In: Lyman, R.D., Prentice-Dunn, S., Gabel, S. (eds) Residential and Inpatient Treatment of Children and Adolescents. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0927-5_18
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0927-5_18
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4899-0929-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4899-0927-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive