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Overview and assessment of the suicidal child
Author(s) -
Weller Elizabeth B.,
Young Kathleen M.,
Rohrbaugh Angela H.,
Weller Ronald A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.1061
Subject(s) - psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , pathology
Abstract A comprehensive evaluation and assessment of the suicidal child is important to target those at risk. This article identifies risk factors for suicide in children and adolescents and provides a step‐by‐step interview scheme that captures all relevant information that is obtained when assessing these children and adolescents. Depression and Anxiety 14:157–163, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.