Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 197-201 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adolescence
- Borderline personality disorder
- Predictors
- Prospective
- Suicide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Psychiatry and Mental health