@article{ref1,
title="Are Suicidal Phenomena in Children Different to Suicidal Phenomena in Adolescents? A Six‐Year Review",
journal="Child and adolescent mental health",
year="2010",
author="Sarkar, Manas and Byrne, Patricia and Power, Lorna and Fitzpatrick, Carol and Anglim, Margo and Boylan, Carole and Morgan, Sophia",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="197-203",
abstract="<p><b>Background:</b> There has been little published about the nature and frequency of suicidal phenomena in children compared to that of adolescents.</p> <p><b>Method:</b> Standardised information on all presentations with suicidal phenomena to the Children’s University Hospital, Dublin from 2002 to 2008 were retrospectively analysed from a centralised database.</p> <p><b>Results:</b> During the time period of the study, 401 young people presented for assessment, of whom 21.9% (<i>N </i>=<i> </i>88) were under 12 years of age. Children differed from adolescents in terms of gender distribution, method of self‐harm, and risk factors present.</p> <p><b>Conclusion:</b> Children under 12 are capable of displaying suicidal phenomena and differ considerably to adolescents in this regard.</p><p />",
language="",
issn="1475-357X",
doi="10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00567.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00567.x"
}