Citation

Joffe RT, Offord DR, Boyle MH. Am. J. Psychiatry 1988; 145(11): 1420-1423.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3263808

Abstract

The authors report on the prevalence and correlates of suicidal behavior in youth age 12-16 years. The data, from a community prevalence survey, show that 5%-10% of the male and 10%-20% of the female youth reported suicidal behavior within a 6-month period. Suicidal behavior in youth appeared to be related to psychiatric disorder in general as well as to family dysfunction and parental arrest.

Language: en