Suicidal ideation among Spanish schoolchildren: a three-year follow-up study of a pubertal population

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(92)90139-G

Personality and Individual Differences

Volume 13, Issue 9, September 1992, Pages 1055-1057

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Abstract

In a 3-year follow-up study of pubertal children, about 20% of the population were found to have some suicidal ideation. The difference between the sexes was found to be non-significant. In contrast, an association between suicidal ideation and depressive symptomatology appeared only in girls. Moreover, 21.9% of the children having shown some suicidal ideation in the first year, persisted with this ideation in the following 2 years. We suggest the possibility of early detection of suicide risk in schools.

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Abstract

Epidemiologia de la depresión infantil

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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

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Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Notes and shorter communications
Suicidal ideation among Spanish schoolchildren: a three-year follow-up study of a pubertal population