Adolescent's suicide attempts: populations at risk, vulnerability, and substance use.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_15DFEC8769EA
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Adolescent's suicide attempts: populations at risk, vulnerability, and substance use.
Journal
Substance use & misuse
Author(s)
Bolognini M., Plancherel B., Laget J., Halfon O.
ISSN
1082-6084
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
38
Number
11-13
Pages
1651-69
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article - Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Adolescence corresponds to a transition period that requires adaptation and change capacities and skills. Most young people succeed with this challenge, whereas a minority fail. In order to identify with the teenage culture, become autonomous, and differentiate from their parents, some adolescents choose to use drugs, beginning with the use of cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, followed by other illicit drugs such as opiates and stimulants. A high proportion of these adolescents attempt suicide, which is the primary cause of death during adolescence in many European countries. Who are the "vulnerable" adolescents? What are the mechanisms that can explain the varieties of drug-use initiation or suicide attempts? Can "protective factors" be identified? What kind of strategies might be developed at a social and political level in order to prevent or to minimize drug abuse and suicide attempts, among other harmful behaviors? These issues will be discussed on the basis of the recent literature and in the light of a recent study carried out in the French-speaking part of Switzerland on large cohorts of adolescent drug users. Unresolved critical issues are noted and future needed research is suggested.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Causality, Comorbidity, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder, Major, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Disorders, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Street Drugs, Stress, Psychological, Substance-Related Disorders, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted
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