title: [Suicide attempt: encounter, evaluation, orientation].
abstract: Suicide and suicide attempts of adolescents are major public health issues. Based on a model of care developed in Geneva, we describe the conditions necessary to evaluate and guide a teenager trapped in a suicidal behavior. First of all, there must be some time dedicated to pediatric assessement followed by a psychiatric evaluation and finally, the adolescent can be oriented toward specific treatment. Depending on the clinical characteristics of the young adolescent and according to his willingness to engage himself in intensive follow-up (impulsivity, anxious?--depressive symptomatology...), cares will be given either as outpatient with close monitoring or inpatient.
authors.affiliation: Unité de crise - Children Action, Département de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. anne.edan@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edan
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pigois
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control