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Calls about suicide to a teen peer listening phone service over a period of 5 1/2 years are described. The majority of those calling about suicide were females. The phone contacts were of longer duration and later in the evening than calls about other concerns. Those concerned with suicide also discussed other serious issues such as selfesteem, family problems, substance use, and abuse and were less likely to be calling “just to talk.”
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Boehm, K.E., Campbell, N.B. Suicide: A review of calls to an adolescent peer listening phone service. Child Psych Hum Dev 26, 61–66 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353230
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