title: [When need is greatest--is help nearest? Help and treatment after attempted suicide among adolescents].
abstract: In a comprehensive national survey among adolescents aged 14-22 years, a total of 579 (7.6% of the net sample) stated that they had at same time taken an overdose of pills or had tried to harm themselves, in some other way. The proportion of the attempted suicides who had received help or treatment in hospital or from a medical practitioner afterwards was 6%. The proportion was higher among those who had made repeated attempts of suicide and among frequent users of drugs. A total of 16% reported having received help or treatment from a psychologist or psychiatrist, and showed a higher depression score than other attempted suicides. Thirty-two percent reported receiving help from family or friends after-wards, mostly from friends. Two thirds of the boys reported not having received any help or treatment after the suicide attempt.
authors.affiliation: Statens institutt for alkoholog narkotikaforskning Dannevigsveien 10, Oslo.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rossow
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wichstrøm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000092864:Suicide Prevention