ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Umaporn Trangkasombat, MD. Dusit Likanapichitkul, MD.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Suicidal behavior in children: an outpatient pediatric sample

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 41 No.3 July-September 1996, P 174-182

รายละเอียด / Details:

The objective of this research was to study suicidal behavior in children who never came for psychiatric treatment. The subjects consisted of 92 children aged 10-15 years who came for pediatric visits at Chulalongkorn Hospital. Through semi-structured interview, mental status examination and the use of the Children 's Depression Inventory (CDI), Thai version, 35 children were found to have previous suicidal behavior. Thus, the prevalence of suicidal behavior was 38 % . The types of suicidal behavior ranged from suicidal ideation (91.4 %), suicidal threat (2.9 %) to suicidal attempts (5.7 %). The most frequent method was stabbing and the most frequent precipitating events were punishment by the parents. Children with suicidal behavior were found to have higher rate of depression than those without suicidal behavior (48.6 % and 19.3 % respectively), P‹.001) , and the level of depression measured by the CDI was more severe. It was also found that the number of psychosocial stressors of the suicidal group was 1.5 times that of the nonsuicidal group. Depression, unstable living condition, severe or chronic physical illnesses and physical abuse were found to be risk factors for suicidal behavior in children.

Keywords: suicide, suicidal behavior, children

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1996

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Code: 0000054

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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