Parents of young people with self-harm or suicidal behaviour who seek help - a psychosocial profile

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Morgan, Sophia ^a   Rickard, Eóin ^a   Noone, Martha ^a   Boylan, Carole ^a   Carthy, Andreé ^a   Crowley, Sinead ^a   Butler, John ^a   Guerin, Suzanne ^b   Fitzpatrick, Carol ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Deliberate self harm; Group support programme; Help seeking; Parental well being; Parents; Suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DELIBERATE SELF HARM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRENGTH; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 84876723312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-7-13     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Morey C, Corcoran P, Arensman A, Perry IJ. The prevalence of self reported deliberate self harm in Irish adolescents. BMC Public Health 2008, 8:79. 10.1186/1471-2458-8-79, 2270271, 18307803.
2. Hawton K, Rodham K, Evans E, Weatherall R. Deliberate self harm in adolescents: self report survey in schools in England. BMJ 2002, 325:1207-1211. 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1207, 135492, 12446536.
3. Institute of Medicine Reducing suicide: a national imperative 2002, Washington DC: National Academy Press, Institute of Medicine.
4. Martin G, Swannell SV, Hazell PL, Harrison JE, Taylor AW. Self injury in Australia: a community survey. Med J Australia 2010, 193:506-510.
5. Hawton K, Fagg J, Simkin S, Bale E, Bond A. Deliberate self harm in adolescents in Oxford: 1985-1995. J Adolesc 2000, 23:47-55. 10.1006/jado.1999.0290, 10700371.
6. Hawton K, Bergen H, Kapur N, Cooper J, Steeg S, Ness J, Waters K. Repetition of self-harm and suicide in children and adolescents: findings from the multicentre study of self-harm in England. J Child Psychol Psyc 2012, 53:1212-1219.
7. Cooper J, Kapur N, Webb R, Lawlor M, Guthrie E, Mackway-Jones K, Appleby L. Suicide after deliberate self harm: a 4 year cohort study. Am J Psychiatry 2005, 162:297-303. 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.297, 15677594.
8. Houston K, Hawton K, Shepperd R. Suicide in young people aged 15-24: a psychological autopsy study. J Affect Disord 2001, 63:159-170. 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00175-0, 11246092.
9. Fox C, Hawton K. Deliberate self-harm in adolescence 2004, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
10. Wagner BM, Silverman MAC, Martin CE. Family factors in youth suicidal behaviors. Am Behav Sci 2003, 46:1171-1191.
11. Webb L. Deliberate self-harm in adolescence: a systematic review of psychological and psychosocial factors. J Adv Nurs 2002, 38:235-244. 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02174.x, 11972659.
12. Martin G, Rozanes P, Pearce C, Allison S. Adolescent suicide, depression and family dysfunction. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1995, 92:336-344. 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09594.x, 8619337.
13. Tulloch AL, Blizzard L, Pinkus Z. Adolescent-parent communication in self harm. J Adolesc Health 1997, 21:267-275. 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00118-3, 9304459.
14. McLean J, Maxwell M, Platt S, Harris F, Jepson R. Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: a Literature Review 2008, Edinburgh: Scottish Government Social Research, Available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/11/28141444/0.
15. Jaycox LH, Stein BD, Paddock S, Miles JNV, Chandra A, Meredith LS, Tanielian T, Hickey S, Burnam MA. Impact of teen depression on academic, social, and physical functioning. Pediatrics 2009, 124:e596-e605. 10.1542/peds.2008-3348, 19736259.
16. Trepal H, Wester K, MacDonald C. Self-injury and postvention: responding to the family in crisis. The Family Journal: Counselling and therapy for couples and families 2006, 14:342-348.
17. Raphael H, Clarke G, Kumar S. Exploring parents' responses to their child's deliberate self-harm. Health Educ 2006, 106:9-20.
18. Byrne S, Morgan S, Fitzpatrick C, Boylan C, Crowley S, Gahan H, Howley J, Staunton D, Guerin S. Deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents: a qualitative study exploring the needs of parents and carers. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2008, 13:493-504. 10.1177/1359104508096765, 18927136.
19. Oldershaw A, Richards C, Simic M, Schmidt U. Parents' perspectives on adolescent self-harm: qualitative study. Br J Psychiatry 2008, 193:140-144. 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.045930, 18669999.
20. Carlsson M, Ivarsson A, Sidenvall B. The factor structure of the burden assessment scale and the perceived burden of caregivers for individuals with severe mental disorders. Scand J Caring Sci 2004, 18:396-401. 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00298.x, 15598247.
21. Liu M, Lambert CE, Lambert VA. Caregiver burden and coping patterns of Chinese parents of a child with a mental illness. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2007, 16:86-95. 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00451.x, 17348959.
22. Möller-Leimkühler AM. Burden of relatives and predictors of burden. Baseline results from the Munich 5-year-follow-up study on relatives of first hospitalized patients with schizophrenia or depression. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2005, 255:223-231. 10.1007/s00406-004-0550-x, 15549342.
23. Dyck DG, Short R, Vitaliano PP. Predictors of burden and infectious illness in schizophrenia caregivers. Psychosom Med 1999, 61:411-419.
24. Ohaeri JU. Caregiver burden and psychotic patients' perception of social support in a Nigerian setting. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2001, 36:86-93. 10.1007/s001270050294, 11355450.
25. Power L, Morgan S, Byrne S, Boylan C, Carthy A, Crowley S, Fitzpatrick C, Guerin S. A pilot study evaluating a support programme for parents of young people with suicidal behaviour. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2009, 3:20. eJournal, 10.1186/1753-2000-3-20, 2717051, 19604392.
26. Goldberg D, Williams H. General health questionnaire (GHQ-12) 1988, Nfer-Nelson: Windsor.
27. Goldberg D, Gater R, Sartorious N, Uston T, Piccinelli M, Gureje O, Rutter C. The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care. Psychol Med 1997, 27:191-197. 10.1017/S0033291796004242, 9122299.
28. James DE, Schumm WR, Kennedy CE, Grigsby CC, Shectman KL, Nichols CW. Characteristics of the Kansas parental satisfaction scale among two samples of married parents. Psychol Rep 1985, 57:163-169.
29. Epstein NB, Baldwin LM, Bishop DS. The McMaster Family Assessment Device. J Fam Marital Ther 1983, 9:171-180.
30. Kabacoff R, Miller I, Bishop D, Epstein N, Keitner G. A psychometric study of the McMaster Family Assessment Device in psychiatric, medical and non-clinical samples. J Fam Psychol 1990, 3:431-439.
31. Miller IW, Ryan CE, Keitner GI, Bishop DS, Epstein NB. The McMaster approach to families: theory, assessment, treatment and research. J Fam Ther 2000, 22:168-189.
32. Zimet GD, Dahlem NW, Zimet SG, Farley GK. The multidimensional scale of perceived social support. J Pers Assess 1988, 52:30-41.
33. Zimet GD, Powell SS, Farley GK, Werkman S, Berkoff KA. Psychometric characteristics of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support. J Pers Assess 1990, 55:610-617.
34. Goodman R. The strengths and difficulties questionnaire: a research note. J Child Psychol Psyc 1997, 38:581-586.
35. Goodman R. Psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001, 40:1337-1345. 10.1097/00004583-200111000-00015, 11699809.
36. Cohen JW. Statistical power analysis for the behavioural sciences 1988, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2.
37. Barnett AR, Hunter M. Adjustment of siblings of children with mental health problems: behaviour, self-concept, quality of life and family functioning. J Child Fam Stud 2012, 21:262-272.
38. Gutiérrez-Maldonado J, Caqueo-Urízar A, Kavanagh DJ. Burden of care and general health in families of patients with schizophrenia. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2005, 40:899-904. 10.1007/s00127-005-0963-5, 16245190.
39. Central Statistics Office This is Ireland: highlights from census 2011, part 1 2012, Dublin: The Stationery Office, Central Statistics Office.
40. Quinn M, Carr A, Carroll L, O'Sullivan D. Parents plus programmes I: evaluation of its effectiveness for pre-school children with developmental disabilities and behavioural problems. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil 2007, 20:345-359.
41. Martin AJ, Sanders MR. Balancing work and family: a controlled evaluation of the triple P-positive parenting program as a work-site intervention. Child Adolesc Mental Health 2003, 8:161-169.