Peer‐adult network structure and suicide attempts in 38 high schools: implications for network‐informed suicide prevention
Wyman, P. A., Pickering, T. A., Pisani, A. R., Rulison, K. , Schmeelk‐Cone, K. , Hartley, C. , Gould, M. , Caine, E. D., LoMurray, M. , Brown, C. H. and Valente, T. W. (2019). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 60: 1065-1075
This study of over 10,000 students from 38 high schools found that school-wide peer and youth-adult connections were protective against suicide attempts. Further work is needed to identify how schools can improve these connections, and to see if this reduces rates of suicide attempts over time.