Psychiatric News (11/21) reports “several studies have shown that individuals with a parent who died by suicide have an increased risk of suicide or self-harm themselves compared with individuals with living parents or a parent who died from other causes,” but a new study “now finds that this risk may be particularly elevated when the individual reaches the same age at which the parent died by suicide.” The researchers said, “Our findings support the idea of a dynamic process of grief, in so much as the elevated risk of suicidal behavior at [parental] age correspondence might also represent a period of loss orientation and increased distress.” The findings were published in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Related Links:
— “Reaching Age at Which Parent Died by Suicide Increases Suicide Risk Among Offspring,” Psychiatric News, November 21, 2024