Adolescents Who Take Overdoses: Outcome in Terms of Changes in Psychopathology and the Adolescents' Attitudes to Care and to Their Overdose.

Burgess, Sally; Hawton, Keith; Loveday, Gail

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ERIC Number: EJ573135

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Publication Date: 1998

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Adolescents Who Take Overdoses: Outcome in Terms of Changes in Psychopathology and the Adolescents' Attitudes to Care and to Their Overdose.

Burgess, Sally; Hawton, Keith; Loveday, Gail

Journal of Adolescence, v21 n2 p209-18 Apr 1998

Adolescent self-poisoners were followed up three months after taking an overdose. High levels of psychopathology were found. Subjects were offered follow-up treatment; 72% found this treatment useful. More than half the subjects (54%) thought that their overdose had resulted in overall improvements to their lives, while 44% would consider taking an overdose again in similar circumstances. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Depression (Psychology), Drug Abuse, Mental Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment, Psychopathology, Satisfaction, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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