Suicide Among Female Adolescents: Characteristics and Comparison With Males in the age Group 13 to 22 Years

A psychological autopsy study was used to characterize 19 female suicides in a Finnish youth suicide population & to compare them with male suicides. 68% of the female victims had suffered from a mood disorder & 73% had communicated their suicidal intent. 47% of the females had been in psychiatric care at some point in their lives & 42% had been hospitalized. Results suggest that young females who commit suicide may have suffered from more severe psychopathology than young male victims.