Parents' awareness of children's suicide attempts.
In independent psychiatric interviews with 175 children and their mothers, either the mother or the child reported that 13 (7%) of the children had made a suicide attempt. Eight of the 13 children reported attempts that were not reported by their mothers.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*