Journal article
Child maltreatment and repeat presentations to the emergency department for suicide-related behaviors
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To identify factors associated with repeat emergency department (ED) presentations for suicide-related behaviors (SRB) - hereafter referred to as repetition - among children/youth to aid secondary prevention initiatives. To compare rates of repetition in children/youth with substantiated maltreatment requiring removal from their parental home with their peers in the general population.
METHODS: A population-based (retrospective) …
Authors
Rhodes AE; Boyle MH; Bethell J; Wekerle C; Tonmyr L; Goodman D; Leslie B; Lam K; Manion I
Journal
Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 37, No. 2-3, pp. 139–149
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2013
DOI
10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.07.009
ISSN
0145-2134