Research on suicide in childhood and early adolescence is sparse. We investigated suicide cases of children and young adolescents in terms of prevalence, gender differences, suicide methods and monthly distribution during a period of 32 years.
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria. kanita.dervic@meduniwien.ac.at
