@article{ref1,
title="Deliberate self poisonings in children and adolescents--a frightening scourge",
journal="Irish medical journal",
year="2002",
author="Asady, M. A. and Cosgrove, J. F. and MacMahon, P.",
volume="95",
number="3",
pages="83-84",
abstract="Paediatricians may be called on to see a suicidal child or adolescent in the emergency department as a psychiatric consultation is not always immediately available. The paediatrician will then play a pivotal role in the evaluation and disposition of the patient.(1) American reports have shown that 8% of high school students have made a suicidal attempt and that 2% had made an attempt that required medical attention.(2) Suicidal attempts account for 12% of all emergency department visits for the adolescent age group.(3) In the U.K. overdoses account for 4.7% of all general hospital admission in those aged 12-20 years. (4) In Republic of Ireland the most recent national vital statistics data revealed that over a period of one year July'97 - July '98, more than 650 children and adolescents were admitted to hospital with the deliberate self poisoning. The female to male ratio was 3:1.(7).   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0332-3102",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}