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Is suicidal behaviour increasing among Australian youth?
Author(s) -
Kosky Robert
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb133347.x
Subject(s) - suicide rates , suicide prevention , psychiatry , suicidal behavior , verdict , welfare , demography , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , psychology , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , political science , sociology , law , pathology
The rate of suicide of 15‐ to 19‐year‐old Australian boys appears to have doubled since 1965. Some of this rise might be due to a trend by coroners to reach a verdict of suicide more frequently than previously. One in seven deaths of teenage boys is now termed suicide. Hospital admissions of boys and girls in Western Australia for attempted suicide doubled in the past decade. These figures indicate that suicidal behaviour among the young constitutes a serious problem for health and welfare services.