title: Child and adolescent suicide.
abstract: This review of recent literature on child and adolescent suicide provides a comprehensive view of this alarming social problem which claims over 2,000 lives per year in the United States. It is directed at pediatricians, family physicians and other practitioners to alert them to the warning signs.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Acosta-Rua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014481:United States