Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11021251 | Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | 2018 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
These data show that more than half the IAs occurred in youth, with approximately three-fourths of completed youth suicides occurring at the IAs. In parsing cause of IA death in the all-age cohort, the contribution of firearms figured even more prominently in the subsample of youth (85.0%) than in those at least 25 years old (64.3%). The high IA lethality suggests that prevention efforts commencing after the IA are too late for most victims.
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Authors
Alastair J.S. MD, Chaitanya P. MD, Jennifer R. MS, J. Michael MD,