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| Title |
Methods of suicide used by children and adolescents
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| Published in |
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00787-011-0232-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Urs Hepp, Niklaus Stulz, Jürg Unger-Köppel, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross |
| Abstract |
Although relatively rare, suicide is a leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the Western world. This study examined whether children and adolescents are drawn to other methods of suicide than adults. Swiss suicides from 1998 to 2007 were examined. The main methods of suicide were analysed with respect to age and gender. Of the 12,226 suicides which took place in this 10-year period, 333 were committed by children and adolescents (226 males, 107 females). The most prevalent methods of suicide in children and adolescents 0-19 years were hanging, jumping from heights and railway-suicides (both genders), intoxication (females) and firearms (males). Compared to adults, railway-suicides were over-represented in young males and females (both P < .001). Jumping from heights was over-represented in young males (P < .001). Thus, availability has an important effect on methods of suicide chosen by children and adolescents. Restricting access to most favoured methods of suicide might be an important strategy in suicide prevention. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Brazil | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 26 | 22% |
| Unknown | 24 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 31% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2023.
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