A general hospital study of attempted suicide in adolescence: Age and method of attempt

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-234

  Lancu, Lulian ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0031303758     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Andrus JK, Fleming DW, Heuman MA, Wasell JT, Hopkins DD, Gordon J. Surveillance of attempted suicide among adolescents in Oregon. Am J Public Health 1991; 81:1067-1069.
2. CDC. Youth suicide in the United States. 1970-1980. MMWR 1987;36:87-89.
3. Shaffer D. The epidemiology of teen suicide: An examination of risk factors. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1988;49:36-41.
4. Davidson S, Manion IG. Facing the challenge: Mental health and illness in Canadian youth. Psychology, Health and Medicine 1996:1:41-56.
5. Hawton K, O'Grady J, Osborn M, Cole D. Adolescents who take overdoses: Their characteristics, problems and contacts with helping agencies. Br J Psychiatry 1982; 140: 118-123.
6. Hawton K. Attempted suicide in children and adolescents. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1982;23:497-503.
7. Diekstra RF. The epidemiology of suicide and parasuicide. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1993:371:9-20.
8. Kosky R. Childhood suicidal behaviour. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1983:24:457-468.
9. Fisch RZ, Alexandrowitz A, Kresch Y. Attempted suicide: A study of 133 cases in Jerusalem. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sei 1990; 27:113-118.
10. Stein N, Klein T, Haklai Z, Aburba M. Suicides and attempted suicides 1990-1992. The Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel, 1994.
11. Meehan PJ, Lamb JA, Saltzman LE, O'Caroll PW. Attempted suicide among young adults: Progress toward a meaningful estimate of prevalence. Am J Psychiatry 1992;149:41-44.
12. Apter A, Bleich A, King RA, Krön S, Fluch A, Kotler M, Cohen DJ. Death without warning: A clinical postmortem study of suicide in 43 Israeli adolescent males. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1993;50:138-142.
13. Shaffer D, Garland A, Gould M, Fisher P, Trautman P. Preventing teenage suicide: A critical review. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1988;27:675-687.
14. Garfinkel BD, Froese A, Hood J. Suicide attempts in children and adolescents. Am J Psychiatry 1982;139:1257-1261.
15. Thompson TR. Childhood and adolescence suicide in Manitoba. Can J Psychiatry 1987; 32:264-269.
16. McClure GMG. Recent trends in suicide among the young. Br J Psychiatry 1984; 144: 134-138.
17. Kotila L. Age-specific characteristics of attempted suicide in adolescence. Acta PsychiatrScand 1989;79:436-443.
18. Kienhorst CWM, Wolters WHG, Diekstra RFW, Otte E. A study of the frequency of suicidal behaviour in children aged 5 to 14. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1987;28:153165.
19. Kosky R. Suicide and attempted suicide among Australian children. Med J Austral 1982; 1:124-126.
20. Gasquet I, Choquet M. Hospitalization in a pédiatrie ward of adolescent suicide attempters admitted to general hospitals. J Adolescent Health 1995; 15:416-422.
21. Garland EJ, Weiss M. Subgroups of adolescent depression. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995;34:831.
22. Lewinsohn PM, Clarke GN, Seeley JR, Rohde P. Subgroups of adolescent depression. Reply to Garland & Weiss. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995;34:831-2.
23. CDC. Suicide among children, adolescents and young adults - United States 1980-1992. MMWR 1995;44:289-291.
24. World Health Organization. World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 1988.
25. Schneider S, Cohen Y, Values, superego, adolescence and suicide. Isr J Psychiatry RelatSci 1991;28:24-31.
26. Stein D, Witztum E, Kaplan De-Nour A. Adolescent attitudes toward suicide. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sei 1989;26:58-68.
27. Eshed H, Epstein L, Hefetz A. The epidemiology of attempted suicide in Haifa, Israel, during 1977-80. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sei 1984;21:151-161.
28. Modan B, Nissenkorn I, Lewkowski SR. Comparative epidemiologic aspects of suicide and attempted suicide in Israel. Am J Epidemiol 1970;91:393-399.
29. Granboulan V, Rabain D, Basquin M. The outcome of adolescent suicide attempts. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1995;91:265-270.
30. Brent DA, Correlates of the medical lethality of suicide attempts in children and adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1987;26:87-89.