Psychological medicine
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Psychological medicine · Jan 2000
Risk factors and life processes associated with the onset of suicidal behaviour during adolescence and early adulthood.
This study examined associations between childhood circumstances, adolescent mental health and life events, and the development of suicidal behaviour in young people aged between 15 and 21 years. ⋯ Findings support a life course model of the aetiology of suicidal behaviour in which risk of developing suicidal behaviour depends on accumulative exposure to a series of social, family, personality and mental health factors.