Time trends in medically serious suicide-related behaviours in boys and girls

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 556-560

  Rhodes, Anne E ^a,b,c,d   Lu, Hong ^e   Skinner, Robin ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Antidepressive agents; Attempted suicide; Child; Sex distribution; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOY; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GIRL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCRIPTION; SELF POISONING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84911874340     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405901009     Document Type: Article

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