Suicidal Behavior, Depression, and Conduct Disorder in Hospitalized Adolescents

ALAN APTER, AVRAHAM BLEICH, ROBERT PLUTCHIK, SONYA MENDELSOHN, SAM TYANO

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Abstract

A childhood version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS) was used to assess 140 consecutive admissions to an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit. Depression scale scores were correlated with the suicidality scale scores. Suicidality scores on the K-SADS were higher in adolescents diagnosed as having conduct disorder (CD) than in those diagnosed as having major depressive disorder (MDD), even though the CD patients were less depressed than the MDD patients. Aggression and impulsivity may be factors as important as depression in some kinds of suicidal behaviors. A hypothesis is suggested to explain the interrelationship among depression, aggression, and suicidal behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)696-699
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1988
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adolescents
  • conduct disorder
  • depression
  • suicidal behavior

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