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Psychiatria pre prax 3/2006
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT – MOTIVATION AND RISK FACTORS
Authors are addressing problems of suicidal attempts in children and adolescent, mainly from the point of view of declared motivation and detected risk factors. Problems at school, in relationship and family are frequent motives. Risk factors are usually within the family, maladaptation amongst peers, school problems and health status are have been shown to be important. Authors present detected motivation and risk factors in a sample of 38 patients hospitalised for a suicidal attempt.
Keywords: suicidal attempt, child, adolescent, motive, risk factor.
