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Suicidal Attempts Made by Children
Author(s) -
OTTO ULF
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1966.tb15209.x
Subject(s) - medicine , suicide prevention , pediatrics , injury prevention , demography , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , medical emergency , sociology
Summary Of a series covering 1727 children and adolescents under 21 years, from the whole of Sweden, who during the five‐year period 1955‐1959 had attempted suicide, the 42 cases who were under 14 years have been explored more thoroughly. The youngest case is a 10‐year‐old boy. A more even sex distribution prevails in the younger ages, contrary to what is true of the older ages, where there is a marked preponderance of girls. In the large material love problems, followed by home and parental problems, are the primary causes. Among the younger children home and parental problems, followed by school problems, are the most common causes. Contrary t o the findings of other writers, passive methods predominate in the present material among the younger clientele who attempt suicide.