title: Ontario Child Health Study: suicidal behavior in youth age 12-16 years.
abstract: The authors report on the prevalence and correlates of suicidal behavior in youth age 12-16 years. The data, from a community prevalence survey, show that 5%-10% of the male and 10%-20% of the female youth reported suicidal behavior within a 6-month period. Suicidal behavior in youth appeared to be related to psychiatric disorder in general as well as to family dysfunction and parental arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Offord
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009864:Ontario; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology