Parents' awareness of children's suicide attempts

Marcus Walker, Donna Moreau, Myrna M. Weissman

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Abstract

In independent psychiatric interviews with 175 children and their mothers, either the mother or the child reported that 13 (7%) of the children had made a suicide attempt. Eight of the 13 children reported attempts that were not reported by their mothers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1364-1366
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Journal of Psychiatry
Volume147
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 1990

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Mental HealthR01MH036197

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Psychiatry and Mental health

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