%0 Journal Article
%T Family dysfunction and suicidality in adolescents with major depressive disorder
%J Salud mental (Mexico City, Mexico)
%D 2015
%A Perales-Blum, M.T.L.
%A Loredo, L.
%V 38
%N 3
%P 195-200
%X BACKGROUND: Suicide is among the three leading causes of death in youth population; family conflicts have been considered as an independent possible risk factor for suicidality among this population. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between family problems and suicidality in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD). <br><br>METHOD: Patients between the ages of 10 and 18 years with a MDD diagnostic were included. To assess family problems, the scale Instrument for Family Problems (IPF) was applied; to determine the degree of suicidality, the Okasha Suicidality Scale was used. The values of these scales were compared through a logistic regression. Odds ratios (OR) were obtained to find differences between the groups with a confidence interval (CI) of 95[%]. <br><br>RESULTS: Out of the 37 patients that were examined, 21 (56.7[%]) had high suicidality risk. They were older in age and had a higher depression severity index. No association was found between the values obtained in the IPF and suicidality, except for the item &quot;disagreements between the father and the mother regarding permissions&quot;, with an OR: 5.28, 95[%] CI (1.06-26.3). <br><br>DISCUSSION and conclusion: The association found between high suicidality and the IPF-D item might be related to the use of a severity depression index as a cofactor. Family conflicts assessed through the IPF do not seem to be an independent factor explaining differences between the studied groups.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatria
%@ 0185-3325
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2015.027