title: Completed suicide in youth.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to collect descriptive information on a large number of children, adolescents and young adults who had committed suicide. The medical examiner's records for deaths of persons 25 and under from non-natural causes were reviewed; 656 youth suicides were identified. Children, adolescents and young adults who committed suicide were most likely to be older males with a current psychiatric disorder, usually an affective disorder or alcohol or drug abuse. Suicides appeared to be impulsive and triggered by age-normative precipitants. Sex, age and cohort differences are presented. Results are evaluated in light of previous research.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hoberman
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Garfinkel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008910:Minnesota; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*