Are Suicidal Phenomena in Children Different to Suicidal Phenomena in Adolescents? A Six‐Year Review

Sarkar, Manas; Byrne, Patricia; Power, Lorna; Fitzpatrick, Carol; Anglim, Margo; Boylan, Carole; Morgan, Sophia

doi:10.1111/j.1475-3588.2010.00567.x

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“…But, surprisingly, there was no difference in suicidality between the genders, whereas among the ten suicide attempters of the sample, the majority were girls. Sarkar et al [29] observed in a study about suicidal phenomena in children versus adolescent that, with regard to gender, the under 12s group had a higher percentage of males (57.3%) compared to females (42.7%). Moreover, in sample of adolescents, a female to male ratio of 2:1 is generally observed [30,31].…”

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Suicidal Ideation and Attempts during Middle Childhood: Associations with Subjective Quality of Life and Depression

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Raynaud²

2013

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Background: Confronted to the increasing suicide rate in children, clinicians have to better understand and predict suicide-related behaviours (SRBs) in children with and without depressive symptoms. Aims: To investigate associations among suicidal tendencies (thoughts and/or attempts), depression and children's perceptions of subjective quality of life. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 157 children of 6-13-year-old. Results: Children who attempted or thought of suicide reported goodless subjective quality of life than nonsuicidal children did, and children who thought of or attempted suicide reported higher levels of depressive symptoms than nonsuicidal children. Limitations: A more rigorous approach to investigating suicidal ideation and depressive symptomatology as a diagnostic interview based on the DSM-IV-TR will be valuable to future progress in understanding children's suicidality. Conclusions: Results may reflect the confirmation of depressive symptoms as risk factors for suicidality and underline the high importance of social and emotional life context among suicidal children. For this reason, more effective recognition and comprehension of the underlying affective and social conditions of children with suicidality have special importance to prevent future suicidal behaviour during adolescence.

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Suicidal Ideation and Attempts during Middle Childhood: Associations with Subjective Quality of Life and Depression

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2013

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“…A comprehensive meta-analysis of the existing literature demonstrated that current psychopathology (specifically depression), prior history of suicidal ideation (SI) and/or attempt (SA), psychiatric hospitalization, and stressful or traumatic life events were consistently identified as predisposing factors [ 4 ]. Although evidence suggests that STBs begin to emerge much earlier in development [ 5 ], it remains unclear to what extent risk factors identified in adolescents and adults generalize to preadolescent children [ 6 ]. For example, some foundational studies examining younger populations (7–12 years) identified psychopathology as a risk factor for STBs [ 7 ], but this is complicated by the fact that diagnostic indicators of risk are often not yet fully evident in childhood [ 8 ].…”

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Prediction of suicidal ideation and attempt in 9 and 10 year-old children using transdiagnostic risk features

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The objective of the current study was to build predictive models for suicidal ideation in a sample of children aged 9–10 using features previously implicated in risk among older adolescent and adult populations. This case-control analysis utilized baseline data from the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, collected from 21 research sites across the United States (N = 11,369). Several regression and ensemble learning models were compared on their ability to classify individuals with suicidal ideation and/or attempt from healthy controls, as assessed by the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia–Present and Lifetime Version. When comparing control participants (mean age: 9.92±0.62 years; 4944 girls [49%]) to participants with suicidal ideation (mean age: 9.89±0.63 years; 451 girls [40%]), both logistic regression with feature selection and elastic net without feature selection predicted suicidal ideation with an AUC of 0.70 (CI 95%: 0.70–0.71). The random forest with feature selection trained to predict suicidal ideation predicted a holdout set of children with a history of suicidal ideation and attempt (mean age: 9.96±0.62 years; 79 girls [41%]) from controls with an AUC of 0.77 (CI 95%: 0.76–0.77). Important features from these models included feelings of loneliness and worthlessness, impulsivity, prodromal psychosis symptoms, and behavioral problems. This investigation provided an unprecedented opportunity to identify suicide risk in youth. The use of machine learning to examine a large number of predictors spanning a variety of domains provides novel insight into transdiagnostic factors important for risk classification.

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“…Children and adolescents differ with respect to their physical, sexual, cognitive and social development, 22 and children present significant challenges in assessment for emergency department or other non-specialist staff, particularly relating to presentations of self-harm or suicide. 6,7,23,24 The reason for the rapid increase in demand during the study period requires review. In Ireland there are no studies monitoring the rates of child and adolescent psychiatric morbidly during the study period.…”

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Providing 24-hour child and adolescent mental health services: demand and outcomes

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Aims and methodThe provision of 24-hour specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is a key target for service commissioners. However, a lack of data exist on models of service delivery or levels of need for out-of-hours specialist CAMHS to guide service development. We aim to describe a model of 24-hour service provision and provide information on the demand for and outcome of assessments of a service in Dublin, Ireland, using a 6-year retrospective case study design.ResultsA total of 468 emergency presentations occurred during the study period; 80% presented with self-harm or suicidal ideation. Two-thirds presented outside of working hours. All presentations received a specialist CAMHS consultation. Over 50% required admission to a paediatric ward and 80% required onward referral to specialist CAMHS.Clinical implicationsThere is a need for a 24-hour specialist CAMHS and this allows increased rates of specialist assessment and onward referral for a high-risk group.

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Are Suicidal Phenomena in Children Different to Suicidal Phenomena in Adolescents? A Six‐Year Review

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Suicidal Ideation and Attempts during Middle Childhood: Associations with Subjective Quality of Life and Depression

Suicidal Ideation and Attempts during Middle Childhood: Associations with Subjective Quality of Life and Depression

Prediction of suicidal ideation and attempt in 9 and 10 year-old children using transdiagnostic risk features

Providing 24-hour child and adolescent mental health services: demand and outcomes

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