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008			110331s1996 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a362.28 SER
100			_aBeautrais, Annette L. _9766
245			_aSerious suicide attempts in young people : _ba case control study _cBeautrais, Annette L.
246			_aThesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Otago.
260			_aDunedin _bUniversity of Otago _c1996
300			_axvi, 280, 72, [41] p. + 2 booklets
300			_aelectronic document (624 pages) ; PDF file: 25.88 MB
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500			_aThesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Otago. Appendix B (2 booklets)not included in this copy.
520			_aThis thesis is based on data derived from a larger multi group case control study of suicidal behaviour, the Canterbury Suicide Project, which examined the antecedents, correlates and risk factors for suicide and for serious suicide attempts across the age range from adolescence to old age. For the present thesis information from the larger research design was abstracted for suicide attempts among young people. A case control study was employed in which a consecutive series of 129 young people aged 13 to 24 years who made serious suicide attempts was compared with 153 control subjects selected randomly from the community. Review of the literature suggested five domains of risk factors were likely to contribute to suicide attempt risk: social and demographic factors; family background and childhood experiences; personality traits; psychiatric disorder; environmental factors, including, particularly, life events. The findings of this study suggest a life course model of suicide attempt risk in which the aetiology of suicide attempts is multicausal and reflects an accumulation of adverse factors and influences including: social disadvantage; childhood and family adversity (childhood sexual abuse, poor parental relationships during childhood and parental alcohol problems during childhood); personality difficulties; psychiatric disorders and exposure to adverse life events. A number of intervention initiatives are discussed.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSELF HARM _9519
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSUICIDE _9586
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_9660 _aYOUNG PEOPLE _2FVC
650	2	7	_94089 _aADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/3396
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS