TY  - SER
AU  - Borschmann, Rohan
AU  - Stark, Patrick
AU  - Prakash, Chidambaram 
AU  - Sawyer, Susan M. 
TI  - Risk profile of young people admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour in Melbourne, Australia
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Wiley, 
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - BULLYING
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - SUICIDE IDEATION
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2018, Advance online publication, 20 May 2018
N2  - Aim
Self‐harm and suicidal behaviour is most prevalent during adolescence, but little is known about the risk profile of adolescents admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour. Young people who self‐harm are at an increased risk of mortality compared to those who do not self‐harm; adolescents admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour are particularly at risk. The aim of this study was to generate a risk profile of adolescents admitted to hospital with suicidal behaviour.

Methods
We conducted a 12‐month retrospective audit of adolescent admissions to the mental health inpatient unit at a tertiary children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Routinely collected data were used to generate a risk profile. (From the authors' abstract). 

Key findings include: "Familial factors. Approximately two-thirds of participants reported one or more familial-level risk factors. A total of 65.6% of participants reported that their parents were no longer together, and more than half (52.8%) reported a history of significant family trauma.

Life stressors. More than three in five participants reported one or more of the life stressors identified in previous research. Lifetime victimisation by bullying was reported by three-fifths (60.4%) of participants. More than one-quarter reported lifetime victimisation by sexual abuse (26.9%), and more than one-fifth (22.2%) reported having been abused physically. (page 4)".This research was reported in New Zealand media - see links.  Record #5862
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13938
UR  - https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/suicidal-teens-often-suffering-poor-sleep-bullying-new-report-finds-common-factors
ER  -