I'm sick of being me: developmental themes in a suicidal adolescent

Adolescence. 2005 Winter;40(160):693-708.

Abstract

Adolescence is a developmental transition period during which there are profound transformations in emotional, cognitive, and behavioral systems. Despite being a time of rapid development and increasing rates of suicidality, limited research has examined possible interrelationships. Through the use of a case study, this paper illustrates the role of developmental factors in a teenage girl's experience becoming and overcoming being suicidal. The processes of cognitive development, identity formation, and autonomy-seeking are discussed within the context of her story.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Development
  • Adult
  • Cognition
  • Expressed Emotion
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internal-External Control
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Personality Development*
  • Psychology, Adolescent*
  • Self Concept*
  • Social Identification
  • Social Support
  • Suicide, Attempted / prevention & control
  • Suicide, Attempted / psychology*