@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of suicidal behaviors during hospitalization among adolescents admitted due to suicidal behaviors: a 10-year retrospective naturalistic study",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2019",
author="Amitai, Maya and Ben Baruch, Reut and Ben-Dor, David H. and Ben-Ami, Dorit and Katz, Michael and Sagy, Roi and Remez, Roei and Liav, Noam and Leibovich, Moran and Apter, Alan and Weizman, Abraham and Zalsman, Gil",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-15",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Suicidality during hospitalization is a common phenomenon with potential devastating consequences. We attempted to identify risk factors for in-hospital suicidality in a high risk group of adolescent inpatients hospitalized for suicidal behaviors (SB). <br><br>METHODS: The database of a tertiary adolescent psychiatric ward was screened for patients hospitalized consecutively for SB during 2001-2010. Data on documented demographic, clinical, and behavioral risk factors were collected. Suicidal events during hospitalization were classified according to the Columbia Classification Algorithm of Suicide Assessment. <br><br>RESULTS: The sample included 122 inpatients (53% female) aged 10-19 (Mean =15.77, Standard Deviation =2.89) years admitted for SB. Thirty-seven youth (30%) exhibited SB during the hospitalization period (the &quot;suicidal group&quot;), ten of which attempted suicide while hospitalized. There were no significant differences in demographic and clinical parameters between the suicidal and the non-suicidal groups. Younger age, history of drug use and a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) were independent predictors of a SA during hospitalization. A previous SA added significant risk to SA during hospitalization only in the group that had a history of NSSI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A high risk of SB exists among adolescents hospitalized for suicidality. The risk assessment for SA during hospitalization should include age, history of drug use and previous SA combined with a history of NSSI. Future studies should expand the efforts to identify potential risk factors of SB during hospitalization in this unique high-risk group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2019.1586610",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2019.1586610"
}