Future Directions for the Study of Suicide and Self-Injury

Autor/in	Nock, Matthew K.
Titel	Future Directions for the Study of Suicide and Self-Injury
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41 (2012) 2, S.255-259 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
DOI	10.1080/15374416.2012.652001
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Depression (Psychology); Suicide; Self Destructive Behavior; Research Needs; Prevention; Adolescents; Children; Psychological Patterns; At Risk Persons; Family Influence; Child Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Forschungsbedarf; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Risikogruppe; Kinderpsychologie
Abstract	The death of a child is one of the most tragic events imaginable. Even more gut-wrenching is when a child intentionally chooses to end his or her own life in order to escape from unbearable suffering. Unfortunately, the occurrence of self-harm behaviors increases dramatically and occurs at elevated rates during adolescence (Nock et al., 2008), and suicide currently is the fourth leading cause of all death among U.S. children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years, third among those 15 to 24 years, and second among those 25 to 34 years (National Center for Health Statistics, 2011). Fortunately, the past few decades have brought significant advances in the understanding of suicide and other forms of self-inflicted injury. For instance, one has learned that suicidal behavior seems to run in families and the risk of suicidal behavior that is transmitted across generations exists above and beyond that of psychiatric disorders such as depression (Brent & Mann, 2006; Gureje et al., 2011). Despite these and other important advances, there is still a great deal that remains unknown about even some of the most fundamental characteristics of self-harm. The enormous lacunae in the current understanding of self-harm provide a research agenda for future directions in the study of suicidal self-injury and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). In this article, the author outlines what he perceives to be some of the most important future directions in this effort. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10