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Child Psychopathology

• Teen suicide
• Videotape Interviewing and suicide
• Reading for today Chapter 8

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Maternal depression and children

• Amanda Pierce

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Maternal parenting and child depression

• Maternal depression predicts child depression,
  many studies, cross-cultural
• Parenting style problems
• May be intrusive, negative, and controlling
• May be withdrawn and unstimulating
• Uncaring and overcontrolling predicts depression
• Learned helplessness
• Attachment security anxious attachment predicts
  depression intrusive parenting itself predicts
  attachment
• Parenting style and attachment also related

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Suicide
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Depression and Suicide

• Who is at risk?
• 60-70 of depressed youth report suicidal
  ideation, but only 25 to 34 actually attempt
• rates have quadrupled, peaks at age 13-14,
  decline after 18
• females have more ideation and attempts
• males use more lethal means
• gay and lesbian teens at higher risk

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Reasons for Suicide

• Heather Finlayson

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Ecological Approach to Understanding Suicide risks

• Bronfenbrenners model
• Ontogentic System
• Hopelessness as a personality construct
• Drug use, e.g., alcohol at time of suicide
• Microsystem
• Family history and loss
• Low levels of peer supportr
• Exosystem
• Suicide in the media, celebrity suicides?
• Macrosystem
• There are variations between countries
• Cultural values, religious beliefs are important

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What do we want to know about suicidal behavior?
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What to tell parents
Ask your teen-ager about it.
Don't be afraid to say the word "suicide."
Getting the word out in the
open may help your teen-ager think
someone has heard his or her cries
for help. Reassure him that
you love him or her. Remind him that no matter
how awful his problems
seem, they can be worked out, and you
are willing to help.
Ask her to talk about her feelings.
Listen carefully. Do not dismiss
her problems or get angry at her.
Remove all lethal weapons from
your home, including guns, pills,
kitchen utensils and ropes.
Seek professional help. Ask your
teen-ager's doctor to guide you.
A variety of outpatient and
hospital-based treatment programs
are available.
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Interview videotape of someone suicidal

• Note how questions are asked spanning different
  aspects of ideation
• Assesment, intervention, and plan