Citation

Hoberman HM, Garfinkel BD. Can. J. Psychiatry 1988; 33(6): 494-504.

Affiliation

University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.

Comment In:

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1988;27(6):689-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3197001

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to collect descriptive information on a large number of children, adolescents and young adults who had committed suicide. The medical examiner's records for deaths of persons 25 and under from non-natural causes were reviewed; 656 youth suicides were identified. Children, adolescents and young adults who committed suicide were most likely to be older males with a current psychiatric disorder, usually an affective disorder or alcohol or drug abuse. Suicides appeared to be impulsive and triggered by age-normative precipitants. Sex, age and cohort differences are presented. Results are evaluated in light of previous research.

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