Attempted suicide and repeated ; Attempted suicide and repeated attempts from adolescence to early adulthood: depression and stressful events

Background & Aim: The current study examined non-attempters,attempters and repeaters of suicide attempts in relation to stressfullife events and their levels of depression symptoms in an extractedsubset that was followed up from adolescence into early adulthood.Did repeaters consistently report more stressful events and depressionthan single attempters and non-attempters? If yes, was thisincrease of events located in the family or at school or in the domainof self and friends? Method: A representative sample of high schoolstudents (T1, n = 2464, mean age = 13.7 years, 50.8% female,88.3% participation) was re-assessed with the same questionnaireafter a year (T2Q). High scorers of depression on the Mood andFeelings Questionnaire (MFQ) were matched for gender and age withlow-and-middle scorers and assessed diagnostically by face-to-faceinterviews at T2I (n = 345, 94% participation). The interviewed subsetwas reassessed again 5 years later (T3) with the same questionnaire(n = 252, mean age = 20.0 years, 73% participation) and bytelephone interviews. Stressful events were detected from a list ofthree domains. Results: Repeaters of suicide attempts reported morestressful events and were consistently more depressed. Differencesin domains of stressful life events were also observed.Conclusion: Interventions including healthy coping in relation tostressful events and depression among adolescents may preventsuicide. Key words: longitudinal, K-SADS, adolescents, young adults.Bakgrunn og målsetning: I denne studien ble tre grupper ungdommermed høye depresjonsskårer undersøkt: noen som aldri haddeforsøkt å ta livet sitt, en gruppe bestående av personer som haddeforsøkt en enkelt gang og en gruppe som hadde forsøkt flere ganger.Dette ble sett i forhold til antall og type belastende livshendelserog depresjonsgrad. Ungdommene ble fulgt fra tidlige tenår frem tilstarten av deres voksenliv. Spørsmålene som studien ville belyse,var om ungdommer med gjentatte selvmordsforsøk rapporterteflere belastende livshendelser ...