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May 10, 2010
Children Or Adolescents Who Lost A Parent To Suicide May Be More Likely To Die The Same Way.
CNN (4/22, Landau) reports that "people who as children or adolescents lost a parent to suicide are more likely to die the same way," according to a large study scheduled to be published in the May issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Investigators "looked at data from Sweden's population registry, examining [the] records of" millions of "children, teens and young adults." The researchers "found that Swedes who were children or adolescents when a parent took his or her own life had a three-fold increased risk of dying by suicide themselves."
Related Links:
- Study: Children of suicide more likely to take own lives," Elizabeth Landau, CNN Health, April 21, 2010.
Posted by admin at May 10, 2010 06:55 PM