Psychiatric Morbidity, Violent Crime, and Suicide Among Children and Adolescents Exposed to Parental Death

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-523

  Wilcox, Holly C ^a   Kuramoto, Satoko J ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^b   Långström, Niklas ^b   Brent, David A ^c   Runeson, Bo ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; family; impulsive behavior; mental disorders; suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CRIME; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARENTAL DEATH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CRIME; DEATH; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953131694     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201005000-00012     Document Type: Article

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