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See Latest ArticlesFrequency and clinical features of pervasive developmental disorder in adolescent suicide attempts
General Hospital Psychiatry, 03/18/09
Mikami K et al. - This study indicates that pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) should always be a consideration when dealing with adolescent suicide attempts.
Methods- Ninety-four adolescent patients under age 20 participated in this study; it was a consecutive study of individuals who had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized for inpatient treatment.
- Twelve of the 94 subjects (12.8%) were diagnosed with PDD.
- The ratio of males in the PDD group was higher than that in the non-PDD group (P=.017).
- There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the rate of patients having mood or anxiety disorder (P=.037).
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