Exposure to parental psychopathology and offspring's risk of suicide-related thoughts and behaviours: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The primary objective of this systematic review was to identify and synthesise analytic studies examining the association between exposure to parental psychopathology in childhood and the nature of subsequent suicide-related thoughts (SRT) and suicide-related behaviour (SRB) (severity of ideation, planned/unplanned attempts/lethality) and to describe the direction, and magnitude of associations. The secondary objective was to determine if the associations from the primary objective differ by the type(s) and timing of parental psychopathology, sex/gender of the parent and child and is mediated by child psychiatric symptoms and family functioning.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted using guidelines from the PRISMA statement. MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, psycINFO, Web o

SUBMITTER: Goodday SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998933 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature