Suicide and deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 443-447

  Fortune, Sarah A ^a,b   Hawton, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; assessment; children; deliberate self harm; suicide; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MONOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 36048978965     PISSN: 17517222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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