Citation

Mayes SD, Calhoun SL, Baweja R, Feldman L, Syed E, Gorman AA, Montaner J, Annapareddy J, Gupta N, Bello A, Siddiqui F. J. Psychopathol. Behav. Assess. 2014; 37(2): 274-282.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10862-014-9451-0

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Abstract

Mothers rated the frequency of suicide ideation and attempts in 925 children and adolescents with ADHD (3-16 years). Ideation and attempts were more than twice as common in ADHD-Combined type than in ADHD-Inattentive type. Ideation occurred in 19 % with ADHD-C and in 7 % with ADHD-I. Percentages for attempts were 7 % and 3 %. For children and adolescents with co-occurring sadness and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), 46 % had ideation and 21 % had attempts (vs. 6 and 2 % for ADHD alone). For those with ideation, 78 % had ODD or sadness. For those with attempts, 84 % had ODD or sadness. Maternal ratings of aggressive, explosive, sad, and moody were significant independent predictors of suicide behavior for ADHD-C, and sad and moody were predictors for ADHD-I. All children and adolescents with ADHD should be screened for suicide ideation and attempts, and co-occurring ODD and sadness should be treated to prevent suicide behavior.

Language: en