Youth suicide: Insights from 5 years of Arizona child fatality review team data

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作者
Azrael, D
Hemenway, D
Miller, M
Barber, CW
Schackner, R
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Harvard Injury Control Res Ctr, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Arizona Dept Hlth Serv, Arizona Child Fatal Review Program, Phoenix, AZ 85007 USA
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10.1521/suli.34.1.36.27771
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
Data on 153 youth suicides in Arizona (1994-1999) were used to explore demographic, behavioral, and experiential factors that distinguish between firearm suicide and suicide by other means. In bivariate analyses, White youths were more likely than non-White youths to use a firearm to commit suicide as were youths who had not experienced a life crisis or expressed suicidal thoughts in the past, relationships that hold in multivariate analyses at the p < 0.2 level. Targeted suicide prevention activities should supplement interventions focused on restricting access to highly lethal means of suicide such as firearms.
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