Detailed contribution information
| Contribution title | 3439 - EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SUICIDAL IDEATION OR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS |
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| Contribution code | PS03-31 (P) |
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| Form of presentation | Poster |
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Background: Emotional dysregulation is present in mental disorders suffered by children and adolescents.Such dysregulation can be observed in externalizing disorders and internalizing disorders mainly in context of family dysfunction. Emotional dysregulation can also be seen in the normal process of neurodevelopment during the adolescence. Lately, the evidence in child & adolescence mental health highlights similarities between a possible softer Emotional Dysregulation spectrum and sub-threshold forms of self-destructive behaviors in adolescents in the context of family dysfunction. Objectives: To evaluate the possible relationship between emotional dysregulation as a trigger of suicidal ideas or suicidal conducts in adolescents. To assess suicidal ideation and/or self-destructive behaviors in adolescent. Its association with emotional dysregulation and the family climate, in a population diagnosed of an externalizing or internalizing disorder in outpatient treatment,compared to a control school population. Methods: This analytical, transversal, case-control study investigates a group of patients between 12 and 18 years old, who have been diagnosed with externalizing or internalizing mental disorders and receive outpatient treatment (n = 20), against school adolescents, undiagnosed mental illness (n=20). This research look for evaluate the emotional dysregulation (measured with the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-DERS) and Family environment (measured through the Mc.Master Family Assessment Device-FAD) and its repercussion about suicidal ideation and/or self-destructive behaviors (measured by Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale C-SSRS) in a population of adolescents with externalizing or internalizing mental disorders versus adolescent population without diagnosis of mental disorders . Results & Conclusions: Emotional dysregulation, both interpersonal and cognitive,as well as, emotional dysregulation into the family nucleus and intrinsic,are factors of worse prognosis in the possible suicidal behavior. The suicidal ideation is presented in a common pattern both externalizing and internalizing nosological groups. It is striking that sub-syndromic emotional dysregulation in school-age adolescents becomes a precursor of this suicidal ideation and therefore of suicidal behavior. Furthermore, this dysregulation being more frequently and with more psychopathological commitment. Finally,is recommended to include more cases in this study. |