title: Adolescent but Not Parent Report of Irritability Is Related to Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identifying trans-diagnostic risk factors for suicidality may improve assessment and treatment. This study examined the degree to which clinician ratings of adolescent irritability, based on adolescent versus parent report, were associated with adolescent suicidal ideation beyond established risk factors (i.e., female gender, depressive, substance use, oppositional defiant, conduct, and post-traumatic stress disorders).
  
  
  METHODS
  Hierarchical linear regression was used to analyze 322 adolescent inpatients (40.4% male) and 197 parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescent-rated irritability (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.001) were positively associated with adolescent suicidal ideation beyond all other factors. Parent-rated adolescent irritability was unrelated to adolescent suicidal ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest irritability is an important factor in determining suicide risk, and adolescent report of irritability may be more important in gauging suicide risk than parent report.
authors.forename: Elisabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massing-Schaffer
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spirito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000298:Adolescent, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D018570:Risk Assessment; D057566:Self Report; D059020:Suicidal Ideation
keywords: adolescents; inpatient; suicidal ideation