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April 16, 2009
Boys who suffer mental-health problems may be at increased risk for suicide as teens or young adults, researchers say
HealthDay (4/6, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published in the April issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, "boys who suffer mental health problems may be at increased risk for suicide when they're teens or young adults."
For the study, researchers from Finland's Turku University Hospital "included 5,302 people who were born in 1981 and followed until 2005. Between ages eight and 24, 40 participants died." Of those who died, "13 males and two females died from suicide. Overall, 54 males and females either completed suicide or made a suicide attempt serious enough to result in hospitalization."
The team found that "of the 27 males who committed suicide or made a serious suicide attempt, 78 percent had screened positive for psychiatric conditions at age eight, compared with 11 percent of the 27 females who committed suicide or made a serious attempt."
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