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Article: A case of family dysfunction and teenage suicide attempt: applicability of a family systems paradigm.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
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Family systems models have often been invoked in order to understand a variety of adjustment problems (Bowen, 1960; Minuchin, 1974), such as anorexia (Minuchin, Rosman, & Baker, 1978), and adolescent substance abuse (e.g., Pardeck, 1991). A significant body of empirical literature suggests that suicidal behavior in the teenage years is associated with family processes (Gispert, Wheeler, Marsh, & Davis, 1985; Herman & Hirshman, 1981; Humphrey, French, Niswander, & Casey, 1974; Kosby, Silburn, & Zubrick, 1986; Kreider & Motto, 1974; Molin, 1986; Paluszny, Davenport, & Kim, 1991; Pfeffer, Adams, Weiner, & Rosenberg, 1989; Rosenkrantz, 1978; Schaffer, 1974; Smith & Smith, 1976; ...