Validation of Adolescent Suicide Assessment Protocol-20 (ASAP-20) to Sri Lankan adolescents - Malalagama AS, Tennakoon S, Abeyasinghe DRR.

PURPOSE: Youth suicide rates are rising worldwide, including Sri Lanka, where 46.5/100,000 among 15-19yrs was reported in 1986. Identifying high risk adolescents is vital. Dearth of trained professionals, demands an instrument utilizable by non-psychiatris...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news