Suicidal behaviour - Does it exist in pre-school aged children?

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-74

  Connolly, Louise ^a  

^a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry St Anne's Children's Centre Taylor's Hill Galway Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Pre school children; Self poisoning; Suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SELF POISONING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033034368     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S079096670000522X     Document Type: Article

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