Many Young Kids Think of Suicide [medpagetoday.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/15/2010:55 AM

By Kristen Monaco, MedPage Today, March 12, 2020

Suicidality is by no means rare among elementary school children, according to a new study.

Among nearly 8,000 U.S. children ages 9 to 10 participating in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, 8.4% reported instances of past or current suicidal ideation, Delfina Janiri, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues reported in The Lancet Psychiatry.

About 1% of these children indicated they had made suicidal plans at some point, while 1.3% reported actual prior or current suicide attempts.

[Please click here to read more.]

Add Comment

Comments (0)

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>

Skip to main content

Add Comment

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Please wait...