Changes in Suicidal Ingestion Among Preadolescent Children From 2000 to 2020

JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Jun 1;176(6):604-606. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0069.

Authors

David C Sheridan¹, Sara Grusing¹, Rebecca Marshall², Amber Lin¹, Adrienne R Hughes¹, Robert G Hendrickson³, B Zane Horowitz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
² Department of Child Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
³ Oregon Poison Center, Portland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the rates of intentional misuse of substances in US children aged 6 to 18 years in the past 20 years.

MeSH terms

Child
Eating
Humans
Risk Factors
Suicidal Ideation*
Suicide, Attempted* / prevention & control