JOURNAL OF THE CZECH PEDIATRIC SOCIETY AND THE SLOVAK PEDIATRIC SOCIETY

Čes-slov Pediat 2022, 77(3):137-142 | DOI: 10.55095/CSPediatrie2022/016

Suicidality in children and adolescents - risk factors and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemicComprehensive Report

Martin Vatrál, Jana Trebatická
Klinika detskej psychiatrie Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského a Národného ústavu detských chorôb, Bratislava

Suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents is a serious issue with growing prevalence. Death as a result of a completed suicide is one of the most common causes of death in young people ages 15 to 19. There are some known risk factors associated with activation of a suicidal process. These can be divided into three categories - biological, psychological and social risk factors. Depressive diso rder in an important predictor of suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents, as well as personal history of previous suicide attempts, self-injurious behaviour, family conflicts, and traumatic experiences. Biological risk factors are also a subject of ongoing research, including the dysregulation of kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism and the dysregulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Suicidal behaviour in children and adolescents has also been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which in a special way affected people worldwide. Researchers from the USA report a significant increase in emergency department visits of children and adolescents after

Keywords: suicidality, suicidal behaviour, suicide, self-harm, pedopsychiatry, risk factors, children, adolescents

Published: June 1, 2022  Show citation

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Vatrál M, Trebatická J. Suicidality in children and adolescents - risk factors and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ces-slov Pediat. 2022;77(3):137-142. doi: 10.55095/CSPediatrie2022/016.
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