Citation

Milling L, Campbell NB, Davenport CW, Carpenter G. Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. 1991; 22(2): 71-77.

Affiliation

Medical College of Ohio, Department of Psychiatry (CAPH), Toledo 43699.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1800025

Abstract

The prevalence of suicidal behavior among pre-adolescent child psychiatric inpatients has been estimated to range between 18 and 80 percent of the inpatient population. This study is a chart review of the documentation of suicidal behaviors displayed by 45 consecutive child psychiatric inpatient admissions. According to the Pfeffer Spectrum of Suicidal Behavior Scale, 31 percent of the sample had recently engaged in some form of suicidal behavior and 9 percent had made a life-threatening attempt.

Language: en