@article{ref1,
title="Suicide in children and adolescents - a 13-year study with 78 cases",
journal="Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie",
year="2012",
author="Radeloff, Daniel and Lempp, Thomas and Albowitz, Marius and Oddo, Silvia and Toennes, Stefan W. and Schmidt, Peter H. and Freitag, Christine M. and Kettner, Mattias",
volume="40",
number="4",
pages="263-269",
abstract="Objective: Updated and regional data about the circumstances of death and the psychosocial backgrounds of suicides can be helpful for improving suicide-preventive strategies in childhood and adolescence. Method: All known cases of completed suicide in the period from 1996 to 2008 in persons ≤ 21 years of age from the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Frankfurt/Main were analysed in a retrospective study. We included 78 cases and matched them with a comparative sample of 1,797 adult suicides of persons > 21 years of age. Results: Within the chosen period there was a 44 % decrease in incidence of suicide in the group of ≤ 21-year-olds. The fraction of incarcerated persons in this group was 8.0 % compared to 2.56 % in the adult group. Differences from suicide in adulthood were also demonstrated in terms of suicide-related substance abuse (less detection of alcohol, more frequent detection of illicit drugs) and choice of methods (more deaths by being hit by a train). Conclusions: Incarcerated adolescents are an important risk group for suicidal tendency and need increased, well-directed preventive measures. Clinical adolescent psychiatry should pay special attention to the indications in this study of an age-dependent association of drug use in suicide.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="1422-4917",
doi="10.1024/1422-4917/a000179",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000179"
}