Risk and protective factors for childhood suicidality: a US population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood suicidal ideation and behaviours are poorly understood. We examined correlates of suicidality in a US population-based sample of children participating in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The ABCD study aims to examine trajectories of mental health from childhood to adulthood and collects information on multiple domains, including mental and physical wellbeing, brain imaging, behavioural and cognitive characteristics, and social and family environment. We sought to identify and rank risk and protective factors for childhood suicidal thoughts and behaviours across these multiple domains and evaluate their association with self-agreement and caregiver agreement in reporting suicidality.

Methods

The ABCD sample comprises a cohort

SUBMITTER: Janiri D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature