Roxane Dumont, Elsa Lorthe, Viviane Richard, Andrea Loizeau, Guillaume Fernandez, David De Ridder, Francesco Pennacchio, Julien Lamour, María-Eugenia Zaballa, Helene Baysson, Klara M Posfay-Barbe, Remy P Barbe, Silvia Stringhini, Idris Guessous
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pandemic-related life changes may have had a deleterious impact on suicidal behaviours. Early detection of suicidal ideation and identification of subgroups at increased risk could help prevent suicide, one of the leading causes of death among adolescents worldwide. Here, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for suicidal ideation in adolescents using a population-based sample from Switzerland, two years into the pandemic. METHODS: Between December 2021 and June 2022, adolescents aged 14 to 17 years already enrolled in a population-based cohort study (State of Geneva, Switzerland) were asked about suicidal ideation over the previous year...
April 28, 2024: Swiss Medical Weekly