Citation

Handy S, Chithiramohan RN, Ballard CG, Silveira WR. J. Adolesc. 1991; 14(2): 157-162.

Affiliation

Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1918517

Abstract

A study of self-poisoning in 25 Asian and 25 Caucasian adolescents is presented. Cultural conflicts were the most important factors in the parasuicidal behaviour of Asian children, whereas a variety of factors accounted for the parasuicidal behaviour of Caucasians with a predominance of a disrupted family background. There was little difference in the type of poisoning and the degree of pre-planning between the two groups.

Language: en