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Psychodynamics of self-directed destructive behaviour in adolescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adrian Sutton
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The Government white paper ‘Health of the Nation’ set a target for reduction of suicide rates by 15% by the year 2000. Although the document did not make specific reference to adolescence, it is no less important an issue in this age group than in adulthood since, along with accidental death and malignancy, suicide is one of the most common causes of death in late adolescence and early adulthood and there is an upward trend (Diekstra, 1993; McClure, 1994; Diekstra et al, 1995). How the reduction should be achieved is not clear, since suicide is a rare event which is the culmination of complex processes, and present knowledge does not give a firm foundation for evidence-based practice (Gunnell & Frankel, 1994).

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 31 - 38
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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