TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Two decades of adolescent suicides assessed at Milan University's medicolegal unit: Epidemiology, forensic pathology and psychopathology
JO  - Journal of forensic and legal medicine
A1  - Clerici, Carlo Alfredo
A1  - Gentile, Guendalina
A1  - Marchesi, Matteo
A1  - Muccino, Enrico
A1  - Veneroni, Laura
A1  - Zoja, Riccardo
SP  - 15
EP  - 21
VL  - 37
IS  - 
N2  - AIM: to analyze the cases of suicide committed by adolescents in and around the city of Milan over a 20-year period (1993-2012). <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: cases of suicide involving individuals between 10 and 19 years of age were drawn from 20,757 autopsies performed by the Medico-legal Unit at Milan University. Seventy-eight cases were considered (20 females and 58 males, with the ratio of 1:2.9), and their clinical and circumstantial histories, epidemiology, forensic pathology and psychopathological issues were analyzed. <br><br>RESULT: Adolescents were involved in 2.23% of all suicides committed in Milan during the period examined. The "mean" victim is a male without psychiatric disease, aged between 16 and 19, that commits suicide outdoors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In the majority of cases, there were no premonitory signs, nor any particular contingent or remote reason that might explain these violent deaths, which therefore remain "impulsive".<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1752-928X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2015.09.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -