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Vitenskapelig artikkel
1998

Suicide among children and younger and older adolescents in Norway: a comparative study

Bidragsytere:
  • Berit Grøholt
  • Øivind Ekeberg
  • Lars Wichstrøm og
  • Tor Haldorsen

Tidsskrift

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
ISSN 0890-8567
e-ISSN 1527-5418
NVI-nivå 2

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 1998
Volum: 37
Hefte: 5
Sider: 473 - 481

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ForskDok-ID: 20469

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Tittel

Suicide among children and younger and older adolescents in Norway: a comparative study

Sammendrag

Objective: To compare characteristics and risk factors of suicide in early adolescents (younger than age 15 years) and in late adolescents. The authors examined whether differences in risk factors or resilience might explain the different suicide rates in the two age groups. Method: Information about all registered suicides of young people in Norway from 1990 through 1992 was gathered from several professional informants. Children younger than 15 years old who committed suicide (N=14) were compared with late-adolescent suicides (15 through 19 years) (N=115), and with controls (N=889). Results: Younger compared with older adolescent suicides more often hanged themselves (93% vs 35%). Suicidal ideation (7% vs. 39%) and precipitating events were described less frequently (29% vs. 49%). Older adolescents more often had psychiatric disorders (77% vs. 43%). Compared to controls the risk factors for suicide were affective disorders (young adolescents: odds ratio (OR)=23.8,confidence interval (CI)=2.3-1183, older adolescents: OR=19.6,CI=10.6-38.8); Disruptive disorders (young adolescents OR=3.4,CI=0.0-340, older adolescents OR=6.1,CI=3.0-12.7) Not living with two biological parents: (young adolescents OR=3.1,CI=0.6-14.7, older adolescents OR=2.5, CI=1.6-3.8). Conclusion: Children and early adolescents completing suicide were less exposed to known risk factors than late adolescents. The increased suicide risk was similar for both groups when compared with community controls. The low suicide incidence in childhood may be related to fewer risk factors, rather than to resilience to risk factors.

Bidragsytere

Berit Grøholt

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Seksjon for barne- og ungdomspsykiatri ved Universitetet i Oslo

Øivind Ekeberg

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Avdeling for atferdsfag ved Universitetet i Oslo

Lars Wichstrøm

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter

Tor Haldorsen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Avdeling for biostatistikk ved Universitetet i Oslo
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