Citation

Hummel P, Poggenburg I, Thömke V, Specht F. Psychiatr. Prax. 2000; 27(1): 14-18.

Vernacular Title

Suizidversuche durch mannliche und weibliche Jugendliche im Vergleich. Ergebnisse

Affiliation

Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Technischen Universität Dresden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10705597

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examines the way in which suicide attempts differ between male and female adolescents. METHODS: The characteristics of 173 female and 62 male adolescents who were treated at a clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry over a period of 10 years were investigated. RESULTS: Suicide attempts by adolescents in the patient population did not decrease in accordance with suicides in the same age-group among the general population. Male adolescents more often attempted suicide in a place where they were less likely to be discovered, but did not use a "harsher" method than female adolescents. The diagnosis rendered according to ICD-10 in 36% of cases was not always typical for the respective sex. CONCLUSIONS: The ways in which adolescents attempt suicide have clearly changed over the past years. Diagnoses that are untypical for the respective sex may represent a risk factor.

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