Citation

Greenfield B, Henry M, Weiss M, Tse SM, Guile JM, Dougherty G, Zhang X, Fombonne E, Lis E, Lapalme-Remis S, Harnden B. J. Can. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2008; 17(4): 197-201.

Affiliation

McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19018322

PMCID

PMC2583916

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.

Language: en