Citation

Kumar CT, Chandrasekaran R. Indian J. Psychiatry 2000; 42(3): 237-242.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Medknow Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21407949

PMCID

PMC2958344

Abstract

There is a good deal of research showing that suicide attempts increase markedly during adolescence. This study aims at studying the demographic and clinical variables of adolescent suicide attempters and comparing certain potential risk factors between adolescent and adult suicide attempters. It was found that adolescents in our study sample differ significantly from adults in the levels of depression, hopelessness, lethality of attempt and stressful life events. These findings are important in the practical management of adolescent suicide attempters.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescents; lethality; depression; suicide attempts; hopelessness; stressful life events