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Children's hospitals saw doubling of encounters for suicide ideation/attempts
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30308
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , ideation , depression (economics) , suicide ideation , suicide attempt , psychiatry , medicine , suicide rates , psychology , medical emergency , family medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , economics , macroeconomics , cognitive science
Encounters in emergency departments and inpatient units for suicide attempts and ideation at children's hospitals have increased steadily from 2008 to 2015, researchers have found, reporting in the June issue of Pediatrics . The results mirror the increase in suicide and depression reported in children in outpatient settings.