Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 90-97 , March 2005

Effect of gender on suicide attempters versus nonattempters in an adolescent inpatient unit

  • Silvana Fennig

      Affiliations

    • The Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel. Tel.: +972 03 9253761; fax: +972 09 7446654.
    • ,
  • Keren Geva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • ,
  • Gil Zalzman

      Affiliations

    • The Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Geha Psychiatric Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 4100, Israel
    • ,
  • Abraham Weitzman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Geha Psychiatric Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva 4100, Israel
    • ,
  • Shmuel Fennig

      Affiliations

    • The Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Outpatient Department, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon 45263, Israel
    • ,
  • Alan Apter

      Affiliations

    • The Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel
    • Department of Psychiatry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.037

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 90-97 , March 2005

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