title: Suicide ideation and attempts in children with psychiatric disorders and typical development.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders are at increased risk for suicide behavior.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This is the first study to compare frequencies of suicide ideation and attempts in children and adolescents with specific psychiatric disorders and typical children while controlling for comorbidity and demographics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mothers rated the frequency of suicide ideation and attempts in 1,706 children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders and typical development, 6-18 years of age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the typical group, 0.5% had suicide behavior (ideation or attempts), versus 24% across the psychiatric groups (bulimia 48%, depression or anxiety disorder 34%, oppositional defiant disorder 33%, ADHD-combined type 22%, anorexia 22%, autism 18%, intellectual disability 17%, and ADHD-inattentive type 8%). Most alarming, 29% of adolescents with bulimia often or very often had suicide attempts, compared with 0-4% of patients in the other psychiatric groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important for professionals to routinely screen all children and adolescents who have psychiatric disorders for suicide ideation and attempts and to treat the underlying psychiatric disorders that increase suicide risk.
authors.affiliation: <location>Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA</location>
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dickerson Mayes
authors.affiliation: <location>Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA</location>
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Calhoun
authors.affiliation: <location>Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA</location>
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baweja
authors.affiliation: <location>Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA</location>
authors.forename: Fauzia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: child psychiatric disorders; suicide behavior