caa a22 4500 463246268 CHVBK 20180405153326.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10578-007-0060-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10578-007-0060-y Suicide among Children and Adolescents: Data from Çukurova, Turkey [Elektronische Daten] [Mustafa Arslan, Ramazan Akçan, Ahmet Hilal, Hülya Batuk, Necmi Çekin] The purpose of this study was to investigate the general properties of suicide among children and adolescents in our region, and to evaluate the results in the light of the literature. The autopsy records of the morgue of the Adana branch of the Turkish Forensic Medicine Council were investigated retrospectively. Focus of the study was shaped by suicide cases in children and adolescents (under 18) between the years of 1997-2005. All of the cases were analyzed with regard to age, sex, method of suicide, and year. The childhood and adolescent (0-18 years) deaths comprised 24.4% (n: 1390) of all medico-legal autopsy cases (n: 6808). The origin of death in 186 (13.4%) cases involving victims younger than 18years of age was suicide. The majority of suicide cases (62.9% n: 117) were females. Adolescents of 16-18years of age constituted the overwhelming majority (70.43% n: 131) of all childhood suicides. Mean age was 16.13. The most frequent method of suicide was shooting in males, and poisoning in females. However, hanging was the most frequent method (34.41% n: 64) overall. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Suicide nationallicence Childhood nationallicence Adolescence nationallicence Method of suicide nationallicence Forensic medicine nationallicence Arslan Mustafa Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut Akçan Ramazan Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut Hilal Ahmet Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut Batuk Hülya Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut Çekin Necmi Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut Child Psychiatry and Human Development Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/4(2007-12-01), 271-277 0009-398X 38:4<271 2007 38 10578 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-007-0060-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-007-0060-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arslan Mustafa Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akçan Ramazan Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hilal Ahmet Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Batuk Hülya Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Çekin Necmi Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Cukurova universitesi tip fakultesi adli tip anabilim dali, 01330, Adana, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child Psychiatry and Human Development Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/4(2007-12-01), 271-277 0009-398X 38:4<271 2007 38 10578 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer