Suicidality in adjustment disorder Clinical characteristics of adolescent outpatients. Export

@article{citeulike:239396, abstract = {OBJECTIVE : Although a remarkable proportion of adolescents suffering from adjustment disorder (AD) are suicidal, few studies have documented the characteristics of suicidal AD patients. We examined background, psychopathology and treatment-related factors among suicidal adolescent AD outpatients. METHOD : Data on 302 consecutively referred psychiatric outpatient adolescents, aged 12-22 years, were collected. DSM-III-R diagnoses were assigned at the end of treatment based on all available data. Of the patients 89 received a diagnosis of AD, 25\% of whom showed suicide attempts, suicidal threats or ideation. RESULTS : Compared with non-suicidal AD patients, suicidal AD patients were characterized by previous psychiatric treatment (OR=6.1), poor psychosocial functioning at treatment entry (OR=16.2), suicide as a stressor (OR=33.3), dysphoric mood (OR=6.9) and psychomotor restlessness (OR=3.7). CONCLUSIONS : Common risk factors for suicidality in major psychiatric disorders characterized suicidal AD patients. Psychiatric assessment of AD patients should include careful monitoring of both symptomatology and exposure to suicide of significant others.}, address = {Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300, Helsinki, Finland.}, author = {Pelkonen, M. and Marttunen, M. and Henriksson, M. and L\"{o}nnqvist, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {239396}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-005-0457-8}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15959663}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15959663}, doi = {10.1007/s00787-005-0457-8}, issn = {1018-8827}, journal = {Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry}, keywords = {adolescent, suicide}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {174--180}, posted-at = {2005-06-28 11:38:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Suicidality in adjustment disorder Clinical characteristics of adolescent outpatients.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-005-0457-8}, volume = {14}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:239396 L3 - citeulike-article-id:239396 N2 - OBJECTIVE : Although a remarkable proportion of adolescents suffering from adjustment disorder (AD) are suicidal, few studies have documented the characteristics of suicidal AD patients. We examined background, psychopathology and treatment-related factors among suicidal adolescent AD outpatients. METHOD : Data on 302 consecutively referred psychiatric outpatient adolescents, aged 12-22 years, were collected. DSM-III-R diagnoses were assigned at the end of treatment based on all available data. Of the patients 89 received a diagnosis of AD, 25% of whom showed suicide attempts, suicidal threats or ideation. RESULTS : Compared with non-suicidal AD patients, suicidal AD patients were characterized by previous psychiatric treatment (OR=6.1), poor psychosocial functioning at treatment entry (OR=16.2), suicide as a stressor (OR=33.3), dysphoric mood (OR=6.9) and psychomotor restlessness (OR=3.7). CONCLUSIONS : Common risk factors for suicidality in major psychiatric disorders characterized suicidal AD patients. Psychiatric assessment of AD patients should include careful monitoring of both symptomatology and exposure to suicide of significant others. IS - 3 JF - Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry SN - 1018-8827 AD - Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300, Helsinki, Finland. EP - 180 TI - Suicidality in adjustment disorder Clinical characteristics of adolescent outpatients. VL - 14 SP - 174 KW - adolescent KW - suicide AU - Pelkonen, M AU - Marttunen, M AU - Henriksson, M AU - Lönnqvist, J PY - 2005/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-005-0457-8 ER -