Severe suicide attempts in young adults

suicide intent is correlated with medical lethality

Authors

  • Claudemir Benedito Rapeli Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual Campinas
  • Neury José Botega Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual Campinas

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Author Biographies

Claudemir Benedito Rapeli, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual Campinas

PhD. Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Neury José Botega, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual Campinas

PhD. Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Suominen K, Isometsä E, Suokas J, Haukka J, Achte K, Lönnqvist J. Completed suicide after a suicide attempt: a 37-year follow-up study. Am J Psychiatry. 2004;161(3):562- 3.

Beautrais AL. Further suicidal behavior among medically serious suicide attempters. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2004;34(1):1-11.

Barros MBA, Oliveira HB, Marín-Leon L. Epidemiologia no Brasil. In: Werlang BG, Botega NJ, editors. Comportamento suicida. Porto Alegre: Artmed; 2004. p. 45-58.

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Published

2005-01-01

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Rapeli CB, Botega NJ. Severe suicide attempts in young adults: suicide intent is correlated with medical lethality. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2005 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 16];123(1):43. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/2308

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Vol. 123 No. 1 (2005)

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Letter to the Editor

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