@article{ref1,
title="Young children and suicidal ideations: developmentally specific symptoms call for developmentally specific interventions (Editorial)",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Gleason, Mary Margaret",
volume="58",
number="3",
pages="315-316",
abstract="The field of psychopathology in young children has made substantial strides in the past 3 decades, moving from discussions of whether disorders can be reliably diagnosed to sophisticated analyses of specific symptoms. In this issue, Hennefield et al.<sup>1</sup> explore the presentation of suicidal ideations (SIs) in children younger than 7 years. The validity of criteria for major depression in this age group is well established, but suicidality is a newer focus of research that, like the disorder itself, requires careful study to identify developmental similarities with and differences from the presentation in older children and adults.<sup>2</sup> Prior reports have suggested that young children with psychiatric disorders talk about suicide at rates of 4% to 13% and that these early SIs predict school-age SI.<sup>2-4</sup> Publications about suicidality in children younger than 7 have predictably elicited discussions about the challenges in interpreting the statements and behaviors in a developmentally specific manner.<sup>4</sup>.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="10.1016/j.jaac.2018.12.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.12.007"
}