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Prevalence
Parents under-report children’s suicide ideation and attempts
Breton JJ, Tousignant M, Bergeron L et al. Informant-specific correlates of suicidal behaviour in a community survey of 12 to 14 year olds. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2002 June; 41: 723–30.[CrossRef][Medline]
QUESTION: Are there differences in the correlates of suicidal ideation in early adolescence reported by children and their parents?
Key Words: suicide • risk factors
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Cross sectional survey.
Quebec, Canada.
825 adolescents, aged 12–14 years, and their parents. A weighted sample was used from the Quebec Child Mental Health Survey of 2400 children aged 6–14 years in 1992. Eligible children spoke French or English and had lived mainly with their parent(s) during the past 12 months. Children with sensory or mental handicaps and those living on reserves or in remote areas were excluded.
The adolescent and one parent (91% mothers) were interviewed simultaneously in different rooms (80% response rate). Adolescent, family and socioeconomic characteristics were assessed. Logistic regression was used to compare correlates of suicidality among youth and parents.
Suicide ideation within 6 months; suicide attempts within 6 months and during lifetime.
59 adolescents reported suicide ideation (7%) and 36 reported suicide attempts (4%). Parents identified 6 of these 59 suicide ideation reports (10%) and 2 of the reported suicide attempts (6%). Correlates of reported
Department of Psychology
Yale University, USA
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