Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation and Adolescent Suicidal Ideation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on the neural correlates associated with risk for suicidal ideation (SI) has been limited, particularly in one increasingly at-risk group-adolescents. Previous research with adolescents indicates that poor emotion regulation skills are linked with SI, but these studies have not previously examined neural activation in service of emotion regulation between those with and without SI histories.

Methods

Here we examine whether SI is associated with neural responses during an emotion regulation functional magnetic resonance imaging task in a group of adolescents (N = 49) 13 to 20 years of age (mean = 16.95).

Results

While there were no differences between youths with and without SI in self-reported emotional responses to negative pictures, youths with S

SUBMITTER: Miller AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851479 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature