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Article: Disordered eating linked to suicidal ideation.(Child/Adolescent psychiatry)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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BOSTON -- Disordered eating is an important risk factor for suicidal ideation in adolescents and appears to contribute an additional amount of variance above and beyond traditional risk factors, a study has shown.
The findings suggest that disordered eating should be included as a variable in risk models for adolescent suicidal ideation, Amy M. Brausch said at the annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology.
Using data collected from 392 adolescents as part of a mental health screening at an urban American high school during the 2005-2006 school year, Ms. Brausch and her colleagues at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb evaluated the ...