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Chris Allman
Researcher at Allegheny County
Publications - 6
Citations - 1294
Chris Allman is an academic researcher from Allegheny County. The author has contributed to research in topics: Suicide prevention & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 1246 citations.
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Psychiatric risk factors for adolescent suicide: A case-control study.
David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Chris Allman,Amy Friend,Claudia Roth,Joy Schweers,Lisa Balach,Marianne Baugher +8 more
TL;DR: The development of effective treatments for youth who fit the above-noted risk profiles should be given high priority.
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Suicide in Adolescents with No Apparent Psychopathology
TL;DR: Even suicide victims without apparent psychiatric disorder still show some evidence of psychiatric risk factors compared with community controls, but prevention of suicide in this group is probably best achieved by restriction of the availability of firearms, particularly loaded ones.
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Psychiatric sequelae to the loss of an adolescent peer to suicide.
David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Chris Allman,Joy Schweers,Claudia Roth,Lisa Balach,Rebecca Canobbio,Laura Liotus +8 more
TL;DR: Postvention programs not only should focus on the prevention of imitation of suicidal behavior, but also should provide longer term follow-up for potentially bereaved and depressed youth exposed to suicide.
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Bereavement or Depression? The Impact of the Loss of a Friend to Suicide
David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Chris Allman,Laura Liotus,Joy Schweers,Claudia Roth,Lisa Balach,Rebecca Canobbio +8 more
TL;DR: Depressive reactions occurring after exposure to suicide appear to be bona fide major depression, occurring as a complication of bereavement.
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Psychiatric impact of the loss of an adolescent sibling to suicide.
David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Laura Liotus,Joy Schweers,Claudia Roth,Lisa Balach,Chris Allman +7 more
TL;DR: Twenty-five adolescent siblings of 20 adolescent suicide victims were psychiatrically assessed 6 months after the suicide, and compared to 25 demographically matched controls, and siblings were much more likely to show a new-onset major depression subsequent to exposure to suicide.