Teen Suicide: Practical Interventions for Adolescents in Crisis

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Ayer, L., Stevens, C., Reider, E., Sims, B., Colpe, L., & Pearson, J. (2023). Preventing Youth Suicide: Potential "Crossover Effects" of Existing School-Based Programs. Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 24(2), 382-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01473-2

Busby Grant, J., Batterham, P. J., McCallum, S. M., Werner-Seidler, A., & Calear, A. L. (2023). Specific anxiety and depression symptoms are risk factors for the onset of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in youth. Journal of affective disorders, 327, 299-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.024

Chen, M., Zhou, Y., Luo, D., Yan, S., Liu, M., Wang, M., Li, X., Yang, B. X., Li, Y., & Liu, L. Z. (2023). Association of family function and suicide risk in teenagers with a history of self-harm behaviors: mediating role of subjective wellbeing and depression. Frontiers in public health, 11, 1164999. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164999

Choi, W. S., Han, J., & Hong, H. J. (2023). Association Between Internet Searches Related to Suicide/Self-harm and Adolescent Suicide Death in South Korea in 2016-2020: Secondary Data Analysis. Journal of medical Internet research, 25, e46254. https://doi.org/10.2196/46254

Hughes, J. L., Horowitz, L. M., Ackerman, J. P., Adrian, M. C., Campo, J. V., & Bridge, J. A. (2023). Suicide in young people: screening, risk assessment, and intervention. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 381, e070630. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-070630

Jadva, V., Guasp, A., Bradlow, J. H., Bower-Brown, S., & Foley, S. (2023). Predictors of self-harm and suicide in LGBT youth: The role of gender, socio-economic status, bullying and school experience. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 45(1), 102-108. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab383

James, K. M., Balderrama-Durbin, C., Kobezak, H. M., Recchia, N., Foster, C. E., & Gibb, B. E. (2023). Dynamics of Affective Reactivity during Mother-Daughter Interactions: The Impact of Adolescent Non-Suicidal Self-Injury. Research on child and adolescent psychopathology, 51(5), 597-611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-01011-2

Jones, A., Caes, L., Eccleston, C., Noel, M., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., & Jordan, A. (2022). The sands of time: Adolescents' temporal perceptions of peer relationships and autonomy in the context of living with chronic pain. Paediatric & neonatal pain, 4(3), 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/pne2.12071

Souza, L. C., Galvão, L. P., Paiva, H. S., Périco, C. A., Ventriglio, A., Torales, J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., & Martins-da-Silva, A. S. (2023). Major depressive disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation for attendees of educational institutions: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo, 41, e2021344. https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-0462/2023/41/2021344

Sumitha, T. S., & Varma, R. P. (2022). On conducting a study among institutionalised adolescents in Kerala, India: legal and ethical challenges. Indian journal of medical ethics, 10.20529/IJME.2022.087. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2022.087

Walsh, E. H., McMahon, J., & Herring, M. P. (2022). Research Review: The effect of school-based suicide prevention on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts and the role of intervention and contextual factors among adolescents: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 63(8), 836-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13598

Zhang, C., Zafari, Z., Slejko, J. F., Camelo Castillo, W., Reeves, G. M., & dosReis, S. (2023). Impact of different interventions on preventing suicide and suicide attempt among children and adolescents in the United States: a microsimulation model study. Frontiers in psychiatry, 14, 1127852. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1127852

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Ali, A., & Gibson, K. (2019). Young people's reasons for feeling suicidal: An analysis of posts to a social media suicide prevention forum. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 40(6), 400–406.

Asarnow, J. R., Berk, M. S., & Baraff, L. J. (2009). Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention: A specialized emergency department intervention for suicidal youths. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(2), 118–125.

Bamwine, P. M., Jones, K., Chugani, C., Miller, E., & Culyba, A. (2020). Homicide survivorship and suicidality among adolescents. Traumatology, 26(2), 185–192.

Braun, M., Till, B., Pirkis, J., & Niederkrotenthaler, T. (2020). Suicide prevention videos developed by and for adolescents: A qualitative study. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

Buchman-Schmitt, J. M., Chiurliza, B., Chu, C., Michaels, M. S., & Joiner, T. E. (2014). Suicidality in adolescent populations: A review of the extant literature through the lens of the interpersonal theory of suicide. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 9(3), 26–34.

Cheng, Q., Shum, A. K. Y., Ip, F. W. L., Wong, H. K., Yip, W. K. K., Kam, A. H. L., & Yip, P. S. F. (2020). Co-creation and impacts of a suicide prevention video: A case study of a YouTube short film on youth suicide prevention. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(1), 7–14.

Christensen, K., Hom, M. A., Stanley, I. H., & Joiner, T. E. (2021). Reasons for living and suicide attempts among young adults with lifetime suicide ideation. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 42(3), 179–185.

Comans, T., Visser, V., & Scuffham, P. (2013). Cost effectiveness of a community-based crisis intervention program for people bereaved by suicide. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 34(6), 390–397. 

Connor, J. J., & Rueter, M. A. (2006). Parent-child relationships as systems of support or risk for adolescent suicidality. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(1), 143–155.

De Silva, S., Parker, A., Purcell, R., Callahan, P., Liu, P., & Hetrick, S. (2013). Mapping the evidence of prevention and intervention studies for suicidal and self-harming behaviors in young people. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 34(4), 223–232.

Emery, A. A., Heath, N. L., & Rogers, M. (2017). Parents’ role in early adolescent self-injury: An application of self-determination theory. School Psychology Quarterly, 32(2), 199–211.

Ferrer, L., & Kirchner, T. (2015). Suicidal tendency among adolescents with adjustment disorder: Risk and protective personality factors. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 36(3), 202–210.

Finan, L. J., Ohannessian, C. M., & Gordon, M. S. (2018). Trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to emerging adulthood: The influence of parents, peers, and siblings. Developmental Psychology, 54(8), 1555–1567. 

Flouri, E., & Buchanan, A. (2002). The protective role of parental involvement in adolescent suicide. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 23(1), 17–22.

Fox, K. R., Harris, J. A., Wang, S. B., Millner, A. J., Deming, C. A., & Nock, M. K. (2020). Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview—Revised: Development, reliability, and validity. Psychological Assessment, 32(7), 677–689. 

Franklin, J. C., Fox, K. R., Ribeiro, J. D., & Nock, M. K. (2017). Understanding the context of novel interventions for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A reply to Nielsen et al. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(8), 831–834.

Jakobsen, I. S., Larsen, K. J., & Horwood, J. L. (2017). Suicide risk assessment in adolescents—C-SSRS, K10, and READ. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 38(4), 247–254.

Javdani, S., Sadeh, N., & Verona, E. (2011). Suicidality as a function of impulsivity, callous–unemotional traits, and depressive symptoms in youth. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120(2), 400–413.  

Kaslow, N. J., & Gilman Aronson, S. (2004). Recommendations for Family Interventions Following a Suicide. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35(3), 240–247.

Levi-Belz, Y., & Feigelman, W. (2021). Pulling together—The protective role of belongingness for depression, suicidal ideation and behavior among suicide-bereaved individuals. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

Mackelprang, J. L., Karle, J., Reihl, K. M., & Cash, R. E. (G.). (2014). Suicide intervention skills: Graduate training and exposure to suicide among psychology trainees. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 8(2), 136–142. 

Madjar, N., Sarel-Mahlev, E., & Brunstein Klomek, A. (2020). Depression symptoms as mediator between adolescents' sense of loneliness at school and nonsuicidal self-injury behaviors. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

McManama O'Brien, K. H., Singer, J. B., LeCloux, M., Duarté-Vélez, Y., & Spirito, A. (2014). Acute behavioral interventions and outpatient treatment strategies with suicidal adolescents. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 9(3), 19–25

Moskos, M. A., Achilles, J., & Gray, D. (2004). Adolescent Suicide Myths in the United States. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 25(4), 176–182.

Nock, M. K., Prinstein, M. J., & Sterba, S. K. (2010). Revealing the form and function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A real-time ecological assessment study among adolescents and young adults. Psychology of Violence, 1(S), 36–52.

Price, S. D., Salekin, R. T., Klinger, M. R., & Barker, E. D. (2013). Psychopathy and depression as predictors of psychosocial difficulties in a sample of court evaluated adolescents. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 4(3), 261–269. 

Rasmussen, S., Hawton, K., Philpott-Morgan, S., & O'Connor, R. C. (2016). Why do adolescents self-harm? An investigation of motives in a community sample. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 37(3), 176–183.

Sadeh, N., & McNiel, D. E. (2013). Facets of anger, childhood sexual victimization, and gender as predictors of suicide attempts by psychiatric patients after hospital discharge. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(3), 879–890.

Santiago-Menendez, M., & Campbell, A. (2013). Sadness and anger: Boys, girls, and crying in adolescence. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 14(4), 400–410.

Schapir, L., Zalsman, G., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Gaziel, M., Morag-Yaffe, M., Sever, J., Weizman, A., & Shoval, G. (2016). Suicide, satisfaction with life, and insight capacity among adolescents with mental disorders: A preliminary study. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 37(5), 347–352.

Sheftall, A. H., Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J., & Bridge, J. A. (2014). Insecure attachment and suicidal behavior in adolescents. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 35(6), 426–430. 

Spirito, A. (1997). Family therapy techniques with adolescent suicide attempters. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 18(3), 106–109.

Till, B., Wild, T. A., Arendt, F., Scherr, S., & Niederkrotenthaler, T. (2018). Associations of tabloid newspaper use with endorsement of suicide myths, suicide-related knowledge, and stigmatizing attitudes toward suicidal individuals. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 39(6), 428–437. 

van Vuuren, C. L., van der Wal, M. F., Cuijpers, P., & Chinapaw, M. J. M. (2020). Are suicidal thoughts and behaviors a temporary phenomenon in early adolescence? Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.

Wolfe, K. L., Foxwell, A., & Kennard, B. (2014). Identifying and treating risk factors for suicidal behaviors in youth. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 9(3), 11–14.

Zisk, A., Abbott, C. H., Bounoua, N., Diamond, G. S., & Kobak, R. (2019). Parent–teen communication predicts treatment benefit for depressed and suicidal adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(12), 1137–1148. 

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Gould, Madelyn S.; Cross, Wendi; Pisani, Anthony R.; Munfakh, Jimmie Lou; Kleinman, Marjorie. Impact of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Suicide & LifeThreatening Behavior. Dec2013, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p676691. 16p. 4 Charts. DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12049.

Isaac, Michael; Elias, Brenda; Katz, Laurence Y.; ShayLee Belik; Deane, Frank P.; Enns, Murray W.; Sareen, Jitender; Gatekeeper Training as a Preventative Intervention for Suicide: A Systematic Review; Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, April 2009, Vol 54 Issue 4, p260

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