Parents of Adolescents Who Experience Suicidal Phenomena—A Scoping Review of Their Experience

Demee Rheinberger (), Fiona Shand, Lauren McGillivray, Sonia McCallum and Katherine Boydell
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Demee Rheinberger: Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Fiona Shand: Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Lauren McGillivray: Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
Sonia McCallum: Centre for Mental Health Research, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Katherine Boydell: Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: High prevalence rates of self-harm and suicide in adolescence provide unique challenges for parents. The aim of this scoping review was to explore key gaps in our understanding of the current scientific literature on the experience of parents who have adolescent children experiencing suicide crisis or self-harm. Four academic databases were searched using three broad concepts: self-harming behaviour or suicidal crisis; adolescents or young people; and the experiences or behaviour of parents, between journal inception and March 2022. Information reporting on the parents’ experience was extracted and a qualitative synthesis was conducted. Twenty-two articles met inclusion criteria and were assessed in detail. The experience of parents with an adolescent engaged in self-harm or suicidal crisis were classified into three temporal themes: discovery of the suicidal phenomena, management of suicidal phenomena, and after the suicidal phenomena had ceased. Parents caring for an adolescent experiencing self-harm or suicidal crisis experience poorer psychological wellbeing, difficulty accessing support services, and changes in the parent–child relationship. Parents desire greater support for both themselves and their child and further investigation is required to understand specifically which supports would be most appropriate at each stage.

Keywords: scoping review; suicide; self-harm; parents; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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