Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 859-866 , July 2007

Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: Associations With Preadolescent Physical Abuse and Selected Risk and Protective Factors

,Accepted 13 February 2007.

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 Support was provided by NIMHgrants R01 MH48917 01-08 (principal investigator: Suzanne Salzinger, Ph.D.). Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mollie Hilliard, Ph.D., and Rebecca Smith for their assistance, to the Administration for Children's Services in New York City, the New York State Department of Social Services, and the New York City Department of Education.Disclosure: Dr. Ng-Mak is a salaried employee of Merck Pharmaceuticals. The other authors have no financial relationships to disclose.

PII: S0890-8567(09)62174-2

doi: 10.1097/chi.0b013e318054e702

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 859-866 , July 2007

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