Self-Harm and Suicidality in Children Referred for Gender Dysphoria

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 513-520

  Aitken, Madison ^a   VanderLaan, Doug P ^a   Wasserman, Lori ^b   Stojanovski, Sonja ^c,d   Zucker, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child Behavior Checklist; gender dysphoria; suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SIBLING; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84964884236     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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