The risk factors for suicide in adolescents with substance abuse were assessed by comparing 23 adolescent suicide victims and 12 community controls with a lifetime history of definite or probable DSM-III substance abuse. Suicide victims were more likely than controls...
Objective To assess the association between firearms in the home and adolescent suicide. Research Design Matched, case-control. Setting Population-based community sample. Subjects Sixty-seven adolescent suicide victims and a demographically matched group of 67 living...
Sixty-three adolescent suicide victims with a history of affective illness were compared to 23 adolescent community controls with a lifetime history of affective illness, using a case-control design. Suicide victims were more likely to have had major depression,...
Objective To delineate the characteristics of adolescent suicide victims with no apparent psychiatric disorder. Method Seven adolescent suicide victims with no apparent disorder were compared with 60 suicide victims with definite or probable psychiatric disorder, and...
