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Age‐specific characteristics of attempted suicide in adolescence
Author(s) -
Kotila L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb10284.x
Subject(s) - young adult , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , psychiatry , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , occupational safety and health , suicide attempt , suicide methods , medicine , clinical psychology , medical emergency , developmental psychology , suicide rates , pathology
– A total of 422 suicide attempts of adolescents (15 to 19 years of age) were investigated and compared with 327 suicide attempts of young adults. Adolescents had more serious social problems than young adults. Their adaptive problems became worse while growing older until the age of 20. Adolescents made suicide attempts with serious intent more often than young adults, but their suicide attempts were not as often lethal as in young adults. Although repeated suicide attempts were relatively common in both groups, only 10 people were part of both materials. Adolescents were as often psychotic when attempting suicide as young adults were. Twenty‐four percent of adolescents and 26% of young adults were admitted to a psychiatric hospital as treatment.