suicide and self-murder
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
113 Zelfmoordpreventie
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Parents / primary caregivers who had a child aged 10 to 20 years old living in the Netherlands died in 2017, and a coroner concluded that suicide was committed. * Brothers / sisters and / or friends / girlfriends who knew this deceased person well and for whom the legal representatives gave permission for participation * Involved teacher(s) / employer, i.e. teacher who is working in secondary school or other education, where the deceased person followed education at the time of death, or where the deceased person was employed at the time of death * Mental health care professional(s) involved, i.e. mental health care professional such as psychologist or psychiatrist by whom the deceased person was treated at the time of death or in the year prior to their death., The research focuses on these characteristics of participants. There are no specific inclusion criteria. If relatives do not speak the Dutch language, the interview will be adapted by taking a translator to the interview.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A potential participant is excluded from participating in this study if he / she meets the following exclusion criteria: * Parents / caregivers and other relatives who are severely affected by suicidal thoughts measured with the SIDAS as a screening instrument (cut-off point total score 21 or higher, maximum total score is 50). * Parents who are admitted to a psychiatric institution, regardless of the psychiatric complaints they have, at the time of the examination
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Interview The interview instrument is partly based on existing instruments from psychological autopsy studies of Portsky, Audenaert & van Heeringen, 2005; 2009), Rasmussen (2013) and Dyregrov (2011), supplemented with open questions made with suicide experts from the multidisciplinary research team (see Appendix B). Our method therefore coincides with the psychological autopsy method that is frequently applied in other countries. By means of triangulation of the interviews with approximately four informants, we*ll have an in-depth overview of the life course of the adolescent, including causes, reasons, events in the course of life, and the meanings that participants give to these factors. This method has already been successfully applied by suicidologists in, for example, Belgium (Portsky Audenaert & van Heeringen, 2005 & 2009), Ireland (Arensman et al., 2016), Israel (Zilsman et al., 2016), Norway (Rasmussen, 2013), and the United Kingdom (Hawton, Houston, Malbergand & Simkin, 2003). The interview instrument will consist of two components. Firstly, an open narrative component, in which parents tell their story in their own words, on the basis of a broad, openly formulated starting question about the onset of suicidality in their child, as well as the (possibly) trigger factors in the last four weeks before their death. A second component will consist of several structured questions about the five research domains. The interviews are digitally recorded (voice recording) and are transcribed in exactly the same words as were used originally (verbatim) by a professional typist. Questionnaires The questionnaire for parents / caregivers have been developed on the basis of the five domains and the hypotheses of experts from the multidisciplinary research team. The questionnaire consists of structured questions from the interview instrument, standardized questions from the health monitors for adolescents from GGD-GHOR Netherlands and RIVM and C | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed