(General) - Suicide Attempts

Hawton, K., & Fagg, J. (1988).  Suicide, and other causes of death, following attempted suicide.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 359-366.

Isometsa, E. T., & Lonnqvist, J. K. (1998). Suicide attempts preceding completed suicide. British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 531-5.

Kessler, R.C., Borges, G., Walters, E.E. (1999). Prevalence of and risk factors for lifetime suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey. Archives of General Psychiatry, 56, 617-26

Merrill, J., & Owens, J. (1990).  Age and attempted suicide.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 82, 385-8.

Moscicki, E. K., O'Carroll, P., Regier, D. A., Rae, D. S., Roy, A., & Locke, B. Z. (1988).  Suicide attempts in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study.  Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 61, 259-68.

(Children/Adolescents) - Suicide Attempts

Beautrais, A. L., Jouyce, P. R., & Mulder, R. T. (1998). Psychiatric contacts among youths aged 13 through 24 years who have made serious suicide attempts. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(5), 504-11.

Boergers, J., Spirito, A., & Donaldson, D. (1998). Reasons for adolescent suicide attempts: associations with psychological functioning. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(12), 1287-93.

Garrison, C. Z., Jackson, K. L., Addy, C. L., McKeown, R. E., & Waller, J. L. (1991).  Suicidal behavior in young adolescents.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 133, 1005-1014. 

Garrison, C. Z., McKeown, R. E., Valois, R. F., & Vincent, M. L. (1993).  Aggression, substance use, and suicidal behaviors in high school students.  American Journal of Public Health, 83, 179-184.

Goldston, D. B., Daniel, S. S., Reboussin, D. M., Reboussin, B. A., Frazier, P. H., & Kelley, A. E. (1999). Suicide attempts among formerly hospitalized adolescents: a prospective naturalistic study of risk during the first 5 years after discharge. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38(6), 660-71.

Ivarsson, T., Larson, B., & Gilberg, C. (1998). A 2-4 year follow-up of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among adolescent psychiatric patients. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7(2), 96-104.

Joffe, R. T., Offord, D. R., & Boule, M. H. (1988).  Ontario child health study: Suicidal behavior in youth age 12-16 years. American Journal of Psychiatry, 145, 1420-1423.

Lewinsohn, P. M., Rohde, P., & Seeley, J. R. (1993).  Psychosocial characteristics of adolescents with a history of suicide attempts.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 60-68.

Lewinsohn, P. M., Rohde, P., & Seeley, J. R. (1996).  Adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts: Prevalence, risk factors, clinical implications.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 25-46.

Meehan, P. J., Lamb, J. A., Saltzman, L. E., & O’Carroll, P. W. (1992).  Attempted suicide among young adults: Progress toward a meaningful estimate of prevalence.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 41-44.  

(Elderly) - Suicide Attempts

Conwell, Y., Pearson, J., & DeRenzo, E. G. (1996).  Indirect self-destructive behavior among elderly patients in nursing homes: A research agenda.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 4, 152-163.

Draper, B. (1996).  Attempted suicide in old age.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11, 577-587.

Upadhyaya, A.K., Conwell, Y., Duberstein, P.R., Denning, D., & Cox, C. (1999). Attempted suicide in older depressed patients: Effect of cognitive functioning. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7, 317-320.

(Special Populations) - Suicide Attempts

Borowsky, I. W., Resnick, M. D., Irelans, M., & Blum, R. W. (1999). Suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native youth: Risk and protective factors. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 153(6), 573-80.

Feldman, M., & Wilson, A. (1997) Adolescent suicidality in urban minorities and its relationship to conduct disorders, depression, and separation anxiety. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 75-84.

Garofalo, R., Wolf, C., Wissow, L. S., Woods, E. R., & Goodman, E. (1999). Sexual orientation and risk of suicide attempts among a representative sample of youth. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 153, 487-93.

Juon, H. S., &  Ensminger, M. E. (1997).  Childhood, adolescent, and young adult predictors of suicidal behaviors:  A prospective study of African Americans.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 553-563.

Roberts, R. E., Chen, Y. R., & Roberts, C. R. (1997).  Ethnocultural differences in prevalences of adolescent suicidal behaviors. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 27, 208-217.

(Psychiatric Comorbidity) - Suicide Attempts

Brent, D. A., Kolko, D. J., Allan, M. J., & Brown, R. V. (1990).  Suicidality in affectively disordered adolescent inpatients.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29(4), 586-593.

Goldston, D. B., Daniel, S. S., Reboussin, B. A., Reboussin, D. M., Kelley, A. E., & Frazier, M. A. (1998). Psychiatric diagnoses of previous suicide attempters, first-time attempters, and repeat attempters on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(9), 924-32.

Gould, M. S., King, R., Greenwald, S., Fisher, P., Shwab-Stone, M., Kramer, R., Flisher, A.J., Goodman, S., Canino, G., & Shaffer, D. (1998). Psychopathology associated with suicidal ideation and attempts among children and adolescents. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37(9), 915-23.

Gupta, S., Black, D.W., Arndt, S., Hubbard, W. C., & Andreasen, N. C. (1998). Factors associated with suicide attempts among patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 49(10), 1353-5.

King, C. A., Segal, H. G., Naylor, M., & Evans, T. (1993).  Family functioning and suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients with mood disorders.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 1198-1206.

Kovacs, M., Goldston, D., & Gatsonis, C. (1993).  Suicidal behaviors and childhood-onset depressive disorders: A longitudinal investigation.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 8-20.

Mitterauer, B., Leibetseder, M., Pritz, W.F., & Sorgo, G. (1988).  Comparisons of psychopathological phenomena of 422 manic-depressive patients with suicide-positive or suicide-negative family history.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 77(4), 438-442.

Rudd, M.D., Dahm, P.F., & Fajab, M.H. (1993).  Diagnostic comorbidity in persons with suicidal ideation and behavior.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 928-934.