Child maltreatment and onset of emergency department presentations for suicide-related behaviors

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 542-551

  Rhodes, Anne E ^a,b,c   Boyle, Michael H ^d   Bethell, Jennifer ^a,b   Wekerle, Christine ^d   Goodman, Deborah ^e,f   Tonmyr, Lil ^g   Leslie, Bruce ^f,h   Lam, Kelvin ^c   Manion, Ian ⁱ  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

ⁱ Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attempted; Child abuse; Child welfare; Emergency medicine; Self injurious behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE RELATED BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84863863463     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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