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A STUDY OF THE FREQUENCY OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN AGED 5 TO 14
Author(s) -
Kienhorst C. W. M.,
Wolters W. H. G.,
Diekstra R. F. W.,
Otte E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb00659.x
Subject(s) - psychology , incidence (geometry) , suicide prevention , suicide attempt , injury prevention , poison control , psychiatry , suicidal behavior , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , physics , pathology , optics
433 medical and menial health institutions in the Netherlands took part in an investigation into the incidence of suicide and suicide attempts in children. The investigation is also concerned with the form that suicidal behaviour takes and an attempt is made to identify demographic and social characteristics of the children involved. The results show that suicide attempts do nut constitute a very large problem in children aged 5–14; attempts hardly occur at all in children under the age of 11, but the incidence increases with age. It is also clear that children who make suicide attempts live in a problematic background situation.