Associations Between Genetic Risk for Adult Suicide Attempt and Suicidal Behaviors in Young Children in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Suicide rates have been increasing among youth in the US. While the heritability of suicide risk is well established, there is limited understanding of how genetic risk is associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young children.

Objective

To examine whether genetic susceptibility to suicide attempts (SAs) is associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-control study examined data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, a population-based longitudinal study of 11 878 US children enrolled at age 9 and 10 years from September 2016 to November 2018. Youth reports of suicidal ideation (SI) and SAs were obtained from the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophr

SUBMITTER: Lee PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature