Suicidal behavior among serious juvenile offenders
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (2) , 286-287
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.2.286
Abstract
Incarcerated juvenile offenders (71) were diagnosed according to DSM-III [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III] and assessed for suicidal behavior. Subjects diagnosed as having major affective disorders or borderline personality disorders showed the highest degree of suicidal tendency and made the most serious attempts.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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