Article: Correlates of suicidal ideation in French-Canadian adolescents: personal variables, stress, and social support.

Following an alarming rise in suicide rates during the past few decades, it now ranks among the major causes of death in the Province of Quebec (Charron, 1981). Rates for adolescents in particular have increased (National Task Force on Suicide in Canada, 1987). At present, about 15% of all fatalities in this age group are suicide related. The scope of the problem is even greater when suicide attempts and ideation are considered. Charron (1981) and Morisette (1984) estimated that for every completed suicide there are 4 to 10 unsuccessful attempts. Tousignant, Hamel, and Bastien (1988) found that 6.7% of surveyed high school students had tried to commit suicide at least once. ...

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