Physical and sexual abuse and their relation to psychiatric disorder and suicidal behavior among adolescents who are psychiatrically hospitalized

Article Abstract:

Physical and sexual abuse histories of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents fail to predict the prevalence of psychiatric or suicidal behavior in this group of patients. However, the severity of sexual abuse is related to the types of coping strategies used. Adolescents who have experienced both physical and sexual abuse, or who have been severely sexually abused use more negative coping strategies than those who have been only sexually abused have or have been less severely sexually abused.

Surveys, Teenagers, Youth, Abused children, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Sexually abused teenagers

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Peer Functioning, Family Dysfunction, and Psychological Symptoms in a Risk Factor Model for Adolescent Inpatients' Suicidal Ideation Severity

Article Abstract:

This study examines the social and psychological risk factors related to suicidal ideation in adolescent psychiatric patients. Results indicate that peer acceptance, friendship support, and affiliation with deviant groups significantly influence the severity of suicidal thoughts, but family dysfunction is not associated with suicidality.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Research, Adolescent psychology, Interpersonal relations in adolescence, Problem families, Adolescent interpersonal relations, Dysfunctional families

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Child sleep disorders: Associations with parental sleep duration and daytime sleepiness

Article Abstract:

The associations between childhood sleep disorders and mothers' and fathers' sleep duration and daytime sleepiness, are studied. The findings reveal more correlation between maternal and child sleep than between paternal and child sleep.

Sleep disorders in children, Childhood sleep disorders, Maternal deprivation

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