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Research Note: An Attempt to Classify Adolescent Parasuicide Attempters
David Gilliland is Principal Social Worker (Family and Child Care) for the North and West Belfast Community Health and Social Services Trust. He gained his CQSW at the University of Exeter and worked as a generic Social Worker, initially for the Northern Health and Social Services Board. He subsequently worked in the Department of Child Psychiatry (Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast) as both a Senior Social Worker and Assistant Principal Social Worker.
Correspondence to David Gilliland, Principal Social Worker, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6BE.
Summary
This paper examines some of the literature available on the subject of adolescent suicide attempts. It discusses the extent to which it is possible to identify sub-groupings within groupings of young people who took overdoses. It suggests on the basis of the study undertaken (and in reference to other studies) that it may be possible to identify sub-groupings. The paper also discusses in detail a study carried out examining characteristics of two groups of young people—one who had been admitted to hospital following a single overdose attempt, and a second group who had several admissions to hospital following repeated overdose attempts. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the possibilities of identifying young people who are at an increased risk of repeating an overdose attempt, and the issues for practitioners and service managers are identified.
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