@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal risk factors for suicidal thoughts in depressed and non-depressed young adolescents",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry",
year="2017",
author="Pan, Yi-Ju and Juang, Kai-Dih and Lu, Shiang-Ru and Chen, Shih-Pin and Wang, Yen-Feng and Fuh, Jong-Ling and Wang, Shuu-Jiun",
volume="51",
number="9",
pages="930-937",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Evidence regarding the role of risk factors in the longitudinal course of suicidal ideation among young adolescents is lacking. We aimed to assess the effects of a range of risk factors, including obesity, academic performance, child-parent relationship, physical maltreatment, and depressive symptoms, on the development of suicidal ideation in young adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: A school cohort of seventh and eighth graders was followed for 1 year and differences in the risk factors distributions were examined between depressed and non-depressed adolescents. We further examined risk factors for newly developed suicidal ideation and persistent suicidal ideation in the groups of adolescents based on the presence of suicidal ideation at baseline. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 1710 young adolescents were recruited, among whom 8.2% were categorised as having clinically significant depression. For depressed adolescents, being obese was associated with a three-fold increased risk of having suicidal ideation. For non-depressed adolescents, physical maltreatment, a feeling of not being cared about and sub-threshold depressive symptoms were the risk factors. The latter two remained robust in predicting newly developed suicidal ideation. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The current study may shed light on the differential strategies to address suicidal thoughts in depressed and non-depressed adolescents. We emphasise the importance of recognition and management of sub-threshold depressive symptoms and the relevance of obesity, physical maltreatment and a feeling of not being cared about to suicide prevention programmes in early adolescence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-8674",
doi="10.1177/0004867417717795",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417717795"
}