Youth suicide: A psychological autopsy study of completers and controls

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Gagnon, André ^a   Davidson, Simon I ^a,b   Cheifetz, Philip N ^a   Martineau, Marc ^c   Beauchamp, Guy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Cegep de l'Outaouais   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attempters; Psychological autopsy; Risk factors; Suicide; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249136693     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450120802270400     Document Type: Article

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