NCJ Number
213391
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: March-April 2006 Pages: 167-175
Date Published
March 2006
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This article reviews the research concerning the shared risk and protective factors for suicide and interpersonal violence and argues that prevention and intervention strategies would be strengthened by bridging the gap between suicide and violence prevention.
Abstract
Recommendations include the advice to review current violence and suicide intervention programs for “cross-over” possibilities and to include suicide assessments as part of effectiveness trials on violence-related interventions. Potentially promising programs that address suicide or youth violence prevention are reviewed, which point toward the efficacy of targeting general coping skills and family functioning processes during intervention work. However, while some suicide and violence prevention programming have showed at least modest effectiveness in reducing suicidal thoughts and violent behavior among youth, very few attempts have been made to bridge suicide and interpersonal violence prevention into one intervention strategy. The current barriers to bridging these two intervention approaches are discussed and include the limited understanding of the mechanisms linking suicidal and violent behavior. References