Nearly A Third Of Children Aged 10 To 12 Years Presenting To ED Screened Positive For Suicide Risk In Small Study

Healio (3/12, Demko) reports that among 79 youngsters “aged 10 to 12 years presenting to the” emergency department (ED), “nearly one-third screened positive for suicide risk, according to” research conducted by Lisa Horowitz, PhD, MPH, and colleagues of the National Institute of Mental Health. The findings were published online March 7 in the journal Hospital Pediatrics.

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— “Children as young as 10 years may be at risk for suicide, “Savannah Demko, Healio, March 12, 2019

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