Long-Term Outcomes After Preadolescent STBs

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Children who made an attempt at the index visit had significantly higher subsequent ED visits and psychiatric hospitalizations than those presenting with ideation only. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
• Three deaths occurred in the cohort over follow-up; none were explicitly attributed to suicide. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
• 31% of the full cohort had at least one subsequent suicide attempt during the approximately 7-year follow-up. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
• Female sex was the only statistically significant predictor of subsequent attempts in multivariable regression. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
• The near-equivalent subsequent attempt rates across ideation-only and attempter groups argue that suicidal ideation should be treated with the same clinical urgency as an actual attempt. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
• Despite receiving more intensive acute mental health treatment, attempters' subsequent attempt rate remained only modestly higher than the ideation-only group, suggesting current treatment approaches may be insufficient. — Suicidal thoughts and behaviours in pre-adolescent children: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota