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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 116, No. 5

Article | November 01, 1959

SUICIDE IN ADOLESCENTS

BENJAMIN H. BALSER; JAMES F. MASTERSON

Am J Psychiatry 1959;116:400-404.

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The Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and St. Luke's Hospital, New York, N. Y.

The Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Hospital (Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic).

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1. The prevalence of suicidal attempts in adolescents has been obscured by the paucity of completed suicides in that period.2. In adults the relationship between affective disorders and suicide has been established. In adolescents it would seem that this relationship exists between schizophrenic reaction and suicidal attempt rather than affective disorder and suicidal attempts.

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