Non-fatal suicidal and life-threatening behavior among 13- to 17-year old adolescents seeking emergency medical care. | Zendy

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Non-fatal suicidal and life-threatening behavior among 13- to 17-year old adolescents seeking emergency medical care.

Author(s) -

Eva Y. Deykin,

Richard Perlow,

John J. Mcnamarra

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.1.90

Subject(s) - suicide prevention , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , suicide attempt , emergency department , occupational safety and health , suicidal behavior , human factors and ergonomics , demography , psychiatry , medical emergency , pediatrics , pathology , sociology

In suicidal behavior emergency room admissions of 13- to 17-year olds at the Brockton Hospital (Massachusetts), females predominated over males by almost two to one. For subclassification of life-threatening behaviors, frequency was about the same for males and females, but for suicide attempts and suicide gestures, female frequency was two to four times that of males. Repeat episodes of self-inflicted injury were more common among females. The type of the initial episode was a powerful predictor of a repeat occurrence.

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