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Term: Health Services Use Before and After a Suicide Attempt
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2020-07-16
Definition:
In The Mental Health of Manitoba's Children deliverable by Chartier et al. (2016), they investigated health services use (physician visits, psychiatry visits, hospitalizations - all causes, and Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC) services) before and after a suicide attempt, among adolescent males and females. They compared the average of each health service use in the four-year period before the suicide attempt to the four-year period after the attempt.
Related terms
- Hospitalizations
- Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre (MATC)
- Physician Visits
- Psychiatrist Visits
- Suicide Attempts
References
- Chartier M, Brownell M, MacWilliam L, Valdivia J, Nie Y, Ekuma O, Burchill C, Hu M, Rajotte L, Kulbaba C. The Mental Health of Manitoba's Children. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2016. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
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