TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Suicide Ideation, Depressive Symptoms, and Out-of-Home Placement Among Youth in the U.S. Child Welfare System
JO  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology
A1  - Anderson, Heather D.
SP  - 790
EP  - 796
VL  - 40
IS  - 6
N2  - The objectives of this study were to describe the association between type of placement, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation among a sample of youth (7 years and older) as they entered the child welfare system and to examine the longitudinal effect of prior out-of-home placements and prior depressive symptoms on subsequent suicide ideation among these at-risk youth. Results supported a statistically significant association between prior depressive symptoms and subsequent suicide ideation, after adjusting for prior suicide ideation and prior out-of-home placements. Tests of mediation supported the role of prior depressive symptoms as a mediator between prior out-of-home placements and subsequent suicide ideation. These results suggest that youth who enter the child welfare system and are put in an out-of home placement may be at an increased risk for depressive symptoms, which in turn may increase their risk for suicide ideation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1537-4416
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2011.614588
ID  - ref1
ER  -