SUICIDE IN CHILDREN IN ENGLAND AND WALES

SUICIDE IN CHILDREN IN ENGLAND AND WALES

Reported suicide rates for children aged 10–14 yrs in England and Wales remain at low levels. There has been a decrease in rate for males in this age group between the 1940's and the 1980's and an increase for females, so that both sexes now have similar suicide rates. The increase in suic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1988-05, Vol.29 (3), p.345-349
1. Verfasser: McClure, G. M. G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
child suicide
Cross-Sectional Studies
England
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Psychiatric epidemiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Factors
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Suicide
Suicide - epidemiology
Wales
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Zusammenfassung:Reported suicide rates for children aged 10–14 yrs in England and Wales remain at low levels. There has been a decrease in rate for males in this age group between the 1940's and the 1980's and an increase for females, so that both sexes now have similar suicide rates. The increase in suicide by poisoning with solids and liquids (including “overdosing”) which occurred up until the 1970's has not continued into the 1980's.
ISSN:0021-9630
1469-7610
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1988.tb00722.x