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Joshua A. Perper
Researcher at Allegheny County
Publications - 35
Citations - 3273
Joshua A. Perper 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 24, co-authored 35 publications receiving 3198 citations. Previous affiliations of Joshua A. Perper include University of Pittsburgh.
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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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Personality disorder, personality traits, impulsive violence, and completed suicide in adolescents.
David A. Brent,Barbara A. Johnson,Joshua A. Perper,John F. Connolly,Jeff Bridge,Sylvia Bartle,Chris Rather +6 more
TL;DR: Personality disorders and the tendency to engage in impulsive violence are critical risk factors for completed suicide.
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Familial risk factors for adolescent suicide : a case-control study
David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Laura Liotus,Joy Schweers,Lisa Balach,Corinne Roth +6 more
TL;DR: Multivariate analyses showed that family history of both depression and substance abuse and lifetime history of parent‐child discord were most closely associated with adolescent suicide.
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Risk factors for completed suicide among adolescents with a lifetime history of substance abuse: a case-control study
Oscar G. Bukstein,David A. Brent,Joshua A. Perper,Grace Moritz,Marianne Baugher,Joy Schweers,Corinne Roth,Lisa Balach +7 more
TL;DR: Suicide victims were more likely than controls to show the following risk factors: active substance abuse, comorbid major depression, suicidal ideation within the past week, family history of depression and substance Abuse, legal problems and presence of a handgun in the home.
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The Psychological Autopsy: Methodological Considerations for the Study of Adolescent Suicide
TL;DR: Successful completion of careful psychological autopsy studies should enable investigators to examine intensively patients who resemble suicide completers, thereby transcending the inherent limitations of this important first step in the investigation of suicide.