Time trends in suicide-related behaviours in girls and boys

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Rhodes, Anne E ^a,b,c   Bethell, Jennifer ^a,d   Carlisle, Corine ^d,e   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^f   Lu, Hong ^c   Newton, Amanda ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attempted suicide; Incidence; Sex distribution; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84896514581     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405900307     Document Type: Article

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