Pediatria pre prax 3/2019
Suicides of children and youth in the slovak republic – their motives and possibilities of prevention
The paper analyses the rate of suicides committed by children and youth in the Slovak Republic. It elucidates statistical data about reported suicides and attempted suicides of children and youth over the years 2008 – 2017 (ten years). A special attention is paid to causes and motives of suicides by children and youth and possibilities of prevention.
Keywords: suicide, suicides of children and youth, attempted suicide, causes and motives of suicides by children and youth, prevention












