Suicide in preadolescents: Who is at risk?

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Kloos, Angelica L ^a   Collins, Rachel ^b   Weller, Ronald A ^b   Weller, Elizabeth B ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34147202061     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-007-0076-9     Document Type: Review

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