Social cohesion and integration in schools reduces suicidal behaviour rate

Emerging data suggest that strengthening positive social bonds and improving social integration might reduce suicidal behaviours in youth to date; little research has studied the effect of social integration, on suicide behaviours, with reference to a young person’s social network structure — namely, an individual’s position within their network and the patterns of relationships among members of the network.

12 September 2019

Long-term youth suicide prevention programs can have sustained effects

The Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Memorial Suicide Prevention Act was passed in 2004 to address the public health issue of suicide in the USA. Since then, numerous programs have been funded via the GLS program to provide comprehensive, community-based suicide prevention programs to adolescents and emerging adults aged 10-24 years.

12 September 2019

Family-focused CBT is not superior to enhanced treatment-as-usual in reducing suicide attempts

In 2011, Esposito-Smythers et al. reported that integrated outpatient cognitive-behavioural therapy (I-CBT) significantly reduced substance use, suicidal behaviours, and the rate of health service use compared with enhanced treatment-as-usual (E-TAU) in adolescents with co-occurring alcohol or drug use disorder and suicidality.

12 September 2019

DBT is effective for youth with high levels of emotion dysregulation

In 2019, Molly Adrian and colleagues examined the predictors and moderators of treatment outcomes for suicidal adolescents who participated in a randomized controlled trial evaluating Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) versus Individual/Group Supportive Therapy (IGST).

12 September 2019

Childhood maltreatment increases suicide risk despite strong neuropsychological functioning

A cross-sectional and prospective study recently examined the independent effects of childhood maltreatment, neuropsychological functioning, and psychopathology, and their potential interactions with suicidal behaviour.

12 September 2019

Social connectedness is a protective factor against short-term suicide attempts (post discharge) in school children

Researchers in the USA have performed a multi-site, prospective analysis of >2,000 adolescents aged 12-17 years to try to determine the short-term predictors of suicide attempts within 3-months of an emergency department visit. The study population was enriched to include a high proportion of adolescents at risk for suicide attempts.

11 September 2019

Free live stream – JCPP Special issue 2019 – Suicide and self-harm

This curtain-raiser celebrates the launch of the JCPP Special issue 2019 – Suicide and self-harm: Pathways for Minimizing Suicide & Premature Deaths and Maximizing Hope and Wellbeing.

Suicide and self-harm in young people – Judy Dunn National Conference

The prevalence of suicide and self-harm in children and adolescence is a subject we should all be concerned with.

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Judy Dunn International Conference

Risk of serious harm to self, and others

Risk of serious harm, to self and others, is an important topic to discuss.

Self-harm Masterclass ‘Therapeutic Assessment for adolescents with self-harm’

Therapeutic Assessment is a brief intervention for young people presenting with self-harm in an emergency. The assessment consists of identifying the vicious cycle of self-harm in the form of a diagram, followed by a collaborative development of an “exit”, a way of breaking the cycle and moving forward.