Depression in Young Women who Have Attempted Suicide: an International Replication Study

In accord with a recent Australian study, a greater proportion of young women who attempted suicide in four centres in Australia, Canada and New Zealand were designated as manifesting a depressive syndrome by a depression questionnaire than would have been anticipated on the basis of previous clinical reports. Furthermore, on the basis of a decision-rule applied to the questionnaire responses, one-third of subjects in each centre were allocated to the “endogenous” category of depression.