Journal article
Emergency Department Presentations and Youth Suicide: A Case-Control Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We estimate associations between emergency department (ED) diagnoses and suicide among youth to guide ED care.
METHOD: This ED-based case-control study used data from the Office of the Chief Coroner and all EDs in Ontario, Canada. Cases ( n = 697 males and n = 327 females) were aged 10 to 25 years who died by suicide in Ontario between April 2003 and March 2014, with an ED contact in the year before their death. Same-aged ED-based …
Authors
Rhodes AE; Sinyor M; Boyle MH; Bridge JA; Katz LY; Bethell J; Newton AS; Cheung A; Bennett K; Links PS
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 88–97
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
February 2019
DOI
10.1177/0706743718802799
ISSN
0706-7437