Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1420-1423
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Ontario Child Health Study: suicidal behavior in youth age 12-16 years

RT Joffe, DR Offord and MH Boyle
Department of Psychiatry, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

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.

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