# When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k4975 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts | WCP 2026 Summary > An adolescent suicide attempt should be understood not only as individual psychopathology but also as a relational signal from a family unable to contain its o… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/k4975) Bu sayfa, 26. Dünya Psikiyatri Kongresi'nde sunulan çalışmanın yapay zekâ desteğiyle hazırlanmış Türkçe özetidir. Çalışmanın sahibi sunan yazarlardır; atıf için orijinal kaynağa başvurun. Sempozyum Konuşmasıİntihar ve KrizOlgu sunumu # When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts Sunan: Ruziana Masiran Ülke: Malaysia Oturum: 2273 - SELF-HARM IN YOUTH: MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, CAREGIVER BURDEN, AND INTEGRATED INTERVENTIONS Tarih: Wed, 23.09.2026, 17:30 - 17:45 Salon: Hall A3 An adolescent suicide attempt should be understood not only as individual psychopathology but also as a relational signal from a family unable to contain its own distress, and assessment should include a systemic formulation. The talk argues that although adolescent suicide attempts are often framed as individual psychopathology, the behavior is embedded in the family’s relational structure, making a systemic perspective essential to both understanding and treatment. The argument is developed through a composite inpatient case involving a suicide attempt by overdose, recurrent cutting, social anxiety, and school refusal, with symptoms interpreted as relational signals. Four systemic processes are discussed: parentification and the breakdown of generational boundaries when a parent uses the adolescent as a confidant; triangulation into marital conflict; an unstable parental subsystem arising from role overload and parental passivity; and the intergenerational transmission of early adverse experiences. The adolescent’s position as the eldest sibling and prematurely acquired autonomy are considered factors that intensify suicidal distress. A systemic formulation reframes the suicide attempt as a relational signal rather than a purely intrapsychic event and directs intervention toward restoring generational boundaries, stabilizing the parental subsystem, and interrupting intergenerational patterns; the clinical perspective also broadens to include caregivers whose own histories shape the adolescent’s risk environment. The talk concludes that family therapy, alongside individual psychiatric care and pharmacotherapy when indicated, offers a more comprehensive response, and that systemic assessment should become a routine component of evaluating adolescent suicidality. Bu çalışmaya nasıl atıf yapılır? APA 7: Masiran, R., et al. (2026, September 23). When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts [Symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. Vancouver: Masiran R, et al. When self-harm speaks for the family: a systemic perspective on adolescent suicide attempts [symposium presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Yazar adları ve başlık biçimi kongre sisteminden otomatik oluşturulmuştur; kullanmadan önce orijinal posterle karşılaştırın. ## Aynı konudan - [Kıyıda erken ölüm: evsizlik yaşayan kişilerde önlenebilir dış nedenler olarak intihar ve doz aşımı](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0089) - [İntihar davranışı ve kendine zarar verme davranışı olan ergenlerde duygu düzenleme güçlüğü ve uyumsuz kişilik özellikleri: bakım düzeyine göre farklılıklar](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0226) - [Ergenlik ölümcül olabilir mi? Menstrüel düzensizliklerin ve jinekolojik patolojinin intihar girişimi riskine etkisinin incelenmesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0244) - [Psikiyatrik bozukluk nedeniyle hastaneye yatırılan ergenlerden oluşan ardışık örneklemde intihar dışı kendine zarar verme davranışlarının sıklığı ve ilişkili etkenleri](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0249) - [Kendine zarar verme ve intihar davranışı olan ergenlerde belirsizlik altında karar verme süreci](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0273) [Tüm WCP 2026 özetleri](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/k4975 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim