Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 131-137 , 15 January 2008

Is attempted suicide different in adolescent and adults?

  • Mara Parellada

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unidad de Adolescentes, Hospital G.U. Gregorio Marañón, Ibiza 43, Madrid 28009, Spain. Tel.: +34 91 5868133; fax: +34 91 4265005.
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  • Pilar Saiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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  • Dolores Moreno

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Jorge Vidal

      Affiliations

    • Montreal Day Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Madrid, Spain
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  • Cloe Llorente

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Mar Álvarez

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Paz García-Portilla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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  • Ana Ruiz-Sancho

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Celso Arango

      Affiliations

    • Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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  • Julio Bobes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

Received 4 June 2006 ,Revised 24 October 2006 ,Accepted 12 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 131-137 , 15 January 2008