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J Pronovost

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PubMed2001

Suicidal ideation and self-determination in institutionalized elderly.

The right to self-determination is central to the current debate on rational suicide in old age. The goal of this exploratory study was to assess the presence of self-determination in suicidal institutionalized elderly persons. Eleven elderly persons with serious suicidal ideations were matched according to age, sex, and civil status with 11 nonsuicidal persons. The results indicated that suicidal persons did not differ from nonsuicidal persons in level of self-determination. There was, however, a significant difference between groups on the social subscale. Suicidal elderly persons did not seem to take others into account when making a decision or taking action. The results are discussed from a suicide-prevention perspective.

Aged↗
PubMed1995

[Parental communication and support perceived in families of suicidal and non-suicidal adolescents].

This study focuses on two family-related variables linked to the issue of teenage suicide, namely communication and parental support. The purpose of the study is to compare the perceptions of suicidal and non-suicidal teenagers with those of their parents in order to better understand the relation between these variables and the issue of teenage suicide. Results confirm that communication and parental support represents a problem in families with suicidal teenagers. These dimensions are perceived more negatively by the latter subjects in comparison to the control group. In addition, the variations in perception between the adolescent and his or her parents are much greater in families with suicidal teens. This data supports the usefulness of family interventions when family problems are identified during detection measures or when counseling is requited by a suicidal teenager.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[A study of suicidal tendencies in adolescents in the secondary level].

A study carried out among 2,850 Québec adolescents, aged 12 to 18 and coming from four high schools in the Trois-Rivières area, shows that 15.4% of them admit to having seriously thought of committing suicide. These teenagers are at different stages of the suicidal process. Hence, 4% admit to nurturing serious thoughts about suicide: 7.9% say they are at the planning stages and 3.5% have actually attempted suicide. The characteristics of the families involved are fairly the same for all categories of suicidal tendencies. However, the fathers of the youth who have made attempts have less schooling than the father of the other teens with suicidal tendencies. Furthermore, the adolescents who have attempted suicide report a greater number of events that are key to their suicidal thoughts. The persistence of suicidal thoughts, the depressive state, the feelings of an existential void and the despair all grow in function of the seriousness of suicidal tendencies. These affective-type variables best distinguish the different categories of suicidal tendencies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Investigation of childhood blunt abdominal trauma: a practical approach using ultrasound as the initial diagnostic modality.

During a 5.5-year retrospective study (1979-84) 170 children with blunt abdominal trauma were investigated with intravenous urography (IVU), ultrasound (US) and scintigraphy. For the investigation of the last 71 children (after 1982) a 4th generation CT scanner was available in the same department. The results of radiologic investigations were compared with clinical outcome in 157 and results at laparotomy in 13 children. During the study period, real time US became the first line screening tool, and was combined with IVU in suspected renal trauma. In spite of permanent accessibility of CT since November 1982, the latter was used only in complex diagnostic problems or in children with multiple injuries (8% of the series). There were no deaths resulting from abdominal trauma. During the study, the incidence of splenectomy and exploratory laparotomy decreased, and no diagnostic peritoneal lavage were performed after 1980.

Abdominal Injuries↗