Sadness and suicidal tendencies in preschool children. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This paper highlights factors associated with suicidal behavior in children who are approximately 3-6 years old. Similar suicidal risk factors found in older children, such as depression, preoccupations with death, and family instability involving child abuse and other forms of parental psychopathology, are associated with suicidal impulses of preschool children. Assessment of these risk factors should be included in pediatric and mental health evaluations of such young children. Clinical vignettes are offered in this text.

publication date

  • April 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Suicide, Attempted

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023890620

PubMed ID

  • 3366915

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 2