Elizabeth C Lanzillo1, Lisa M Horowitz2, Elizabeth A Wharff3, Arielle H Sheftall4,5, Maryland Pao1, Jeffrey A Bridge4,6,5. 1. Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland. 2. Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland; horowitzl@mail.nih.gov. 3. Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 4. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; and Departments of. 5. Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. 6. Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of screening positive for suicide risk in a sample of 10- to 12-year-olds presenting to the emergency department (ED). METHODS: Patients presenting to the ED were administered a battery of measures, including the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and the criterion-standard Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. Answering affirmatively to any of the 4 Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and/or scoring above the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire cutoff score was considered a positive screen result for suicide risk. RESULTS: The sample included 79 preteen patients. The overall positive screen result rate was 29.1% (23 of 79). More than half (54.1%) of patients presenting with psychiatric chief complaints screened positive for suicide risk, and 7.1% of preteens presenting with chief medical complaints screened positive. Of preteens, 17.7% (14 of 79) reported previous suicidal behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Preteens think about suicide and engage in suicidal behavior at rates that warrant further study. Notably, 7% of preteens presenting with chief medical complaints screened positive, highlighting the importance of screening all preteen patients as young as 10 years old for suicide risk in the ED.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of screening positive for suicide risk in a sample of 10- to 12-year-olds presenting to the emergency department (ED). METHODS:Patients presenting to the ED were administered a battery of measures, including the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and the criterion-standard Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. Answering affirmatively to any of the 4 Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and/or scoring above the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire cutoff score was considered a positive screen result for suicide risk. RESULTS: The sample included 79 preteen patients. The overall positive screen result rate was 29.1% (23 of 79). More than half (54.1%) of patients presenting with psychiatric chief complaints screened positive for suicide risk, and 7.1% of preteens presenting with chief medical complaints screened positive. Of preteens, 17.7% (14 of 79) reported previous suicidal behavior. CONCLUSIONS: Preteens think about suicide and engage in suicidal behavior at rates that warrant further study. Notably, 7% of preteens presenting with chief medical complaints screened positive, highlighting the importance of screening all preteen patients as young as 10 years old for suicide risk in the ED.
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