Title

SUICIDALITY IN HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS: Relationship to Prior Abuse

Authors

Kimberly Shaunesey, University of Rhode Island
Jerry L. Cohen, University of Rhode Island
Barry Plummer, University of Rhode Island
Allan Berman, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1993

Abstract

The effects of admission status, prior abuse, and the frequency and duration of both physical and sexual abuse on measures of suicidality for a sample of 117 hospitalized adolescents were investigated. Having been abused was found to have a significant association with the number of previous suicide attempts and to interact with the variable of admission status in measures of suicide ideation 1993 American Orthopsychiatric Association

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volume

63

Issue

1

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Shaunesey, Kimberly, Jerry L. Cohen, Barry Plummer, and Allan Berman. "SUICIDALITY IN HOSPITALIZED ADOLESCENTS: Relationship to Prior Abuse." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 63, 1 (1993): 113-119. doi: 10.1037/h0079411.