Social-demographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents having completed suicides

The prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents, having completed suicides in the Irkutsk Region according to conclusions of post mortem forensic psychiatric examinations, often-occurring methods of suicides have been described. The obtained data testifies of necessity of correction of the existing complex medico-psychological-pedagogical program for prevention of the suicidal behavior of children and adolescents.