Suicidal Ideation During Adolescence: Genetic Liability & Negative Life Events

Duration: 20 mins

Description

Suicidal ideation during adolescence discussed with Dr. Séverine Lannoy.

Learning Objectives

1. Brief overview of the paper and providing insight into the methodology used, before turning to the key findings.
2. With the paper’s results supporting the role of negative life events in suicidal ideation in both boys and girls, Séverine comments on what type of negative events stood out as being particularly impactful and what the implications of this paper are for professionals who work with young people.
3. Gender differences highlighted by the paper, including that for girls, suicidal ideation was associated with both negative life events and aggregate genetic liability (but not the latter for boys) and discusses how she accounts for this difference between boys and girls.
4. Interplay of genes and the environment in risk for suicidal ideation, as well as discusses how CAMH professionals might translate her findings into practice to improve risk assessment and screening procedures.

Related Content Links

JCPP https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697610/2022/63/10

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