OBJECTIVE: To provide family physicians with an approach to suicide prevention in youth. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: A literature review was performed using Ovid MEDLINE with the key words suicide, attempted suicide, and evaluation studies or program evaluation, adolescent. MAIN MESSAGE: Youth suicide might be prevented by earlier recognition and treatment of mental illness. Family physicians can and should screen for mental illness in youth; there are many diagnostic and treatment resources available to assist with this. CONCLUSION: Earlier detection and treatment of mental illness are the most important ways family physicians can reduce morbidity and mortality for youth who are contemplating suicide.
OBJECTIVE: To provide family physicians with an approach to suicide prevention in youth. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: A literature review was performed using Ovid MEDLINE with the key words suicide, attempted suicide, and evaluation studies or program evaluation, adolescent. MAIN MESSAGE: Youth suicide might be prevented by earlier recognition and treatment of mental illness. Family physicians can and should screen for mental illness in youth; there are many diagnostic and treatment resources available to assist with this. CONCLUSION: Earlier detection and treatment of mental illness are the most important ways family physicians can reduce morbidity and mortality for youth who are contemplating suicide.
Authors: M J Kruesi; J Grossman; J M Pennington; P J Woodward; D Duda; J G Hirsch Journal: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 1999-03 Impact factor: 8.829
Authors: Robert D Gibbons; C Hendricks Brown; Kwan Hur; Sue M Marcus; Dulal K Bhaumik; Joëlle A Erkens; Ron M C Herings; J John Mann Journal: Am J Psychiatry Date: 2007-09 Impact factor: 18.112