Psychiatric risk factors for adolescent suicide: a case-control study.

@article{Brent1993PsychiatricRF,
  title={Psychiatric risk factors for adolescent suicide: a case-control study.},
  author={David A. Brent and Joshua A. Perper and Grace Moritz and Christopher J. Allman and Annette Friend and Claudia Roth and Joy Schweers and Lisa Balach and M Baugher},
  journal={Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry},
  year={1993},
  volume={32 3},
  pages={
          521-9
        }
}
  • D. Brent, J. Perper, +6 authors M. Baugher
  • Published 1 May 1993
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the psychiatric risk factors for adolescent suicide. METHOD Sixty-seven adolescent suicide victims were compared with 67 demographically matched community controls. Psychiatric disorder was assessed in suicide victims using a psychological autopsy protocol and in controls using similar semistructured psychiatric interviews. Risk factors were quantified by use of the odds ratio (OR), that is, the relative frequency of the occurrence of a… 
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