BC Coroners Service child death review panel: a review of child and youth suicides 2008-2012: report to the Chief Coroner of British Columbia.

The BC Coroners Service has released the report and recommendations of a Death Review Panel into child and youth suicide in British Columbia. The panel, composed of experts from across the spectrum of child-serving agencies, made three recommendations, aimed at: maintaining and improving service co-ordination to children and youth; improving access to mental-health services for youth; increasing knowledge about youth suicide through enhanced data collection by the Coroners Service itself.

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