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    Retrospective evaluation of children and adolescents admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit due to suicide attempts
    (Bayrakol Medical Publisher, 2024) Akin, Asli; Aslan, Mustafa Torehan; Samanci, Nedim
    Aim: Suicide is a public health problem that, although not common in childhood, becomes increasingly common in adolescence. Pediatricians primarily investigate and recognize these risk factors and prevent and treat suicidal behavior by communicating with other specialties. This study aimed to determine the sociodemographic characteristics, factors leading to suicide, and suicide methods of patients who were followed up in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit due to suicide attempts and to be able to take preventive approaches. Material and Methods: The study included 45 patients between the ages of 10 and 18 who attempted suicide between January 2019 and January 2022 and were admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In the study, the patients were retrospectively evaluated based on sociodemographic characteristics, nature of the suicide attempt, their psychopathology status chronic disease status. Results: The average age of 45 cases included in the study was 15.31 +/- 1.61 years. A statistically significant relationship was found between previous suicide attempts, psychiatric illness history, and psychiatry referrals. A statistically significant association was found between non -suicidal self -harm behavior and psychiatric disease history, psychopathology status, earlier referral to psychiatry, and psychiatric check-ups after a suicide attempt. Discussion: Suicide remains a serious cause of death worldwide. Not all suicides are preventable, but a systematic approach to suicide risk assessment can enable healthcare providers to identify and manage patients at risk for suicide. Considering the increasing incidence of suicide, especially in adolescence, comprehensive suicide risk assessment should be one of the pediatricians' primary and critical duties.