Death and suicide among former child and adolescent psychiatric patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Increased mortality rates among previous child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) patients have been found in Scandinavian studies up to the 1980s. The suicide risk in this group has been estimated to be almost five times higher than ex...

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Main Authors: Rydelius Per-Anders, Engqvist Ulf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/6/51