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ArticlePediatric emergency care2016

Bullying and Suicide Risk Among Pediatric Emergency Department Patients.

Ian H Stanley, Lisa M Horowitz, Jeffrey A Bridge, Elizabeth A Wharff, Maryland Pao, Stephen J Teach

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Ian H StanleyFrom the *Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; †Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital; and ‡Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; §Emergency Psychiatry Service, Boston Children's Hospital; and ∥Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ¶Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC.
Lisa M Horowitz
Jeffrey A Bridge
Elizabeth A Wharff
Maryland Pao
Stephen J Teach

Funding

Office of the Clinical Director-Core ActivitiesZIDMH002912 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PAO, MARYLAND · 2009 to 2025
$89.5M
Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service ResearchZIAMH002922 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PAO, MARYLAND · 2009 to 2025
$11.5M
Office of the Clinical Director Z01MH002912 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PAO, MARYLAND · 2008 to 2008
$4.4M
Impulsive Aggression, Neurocognition, and Suicidal Behavior in Depressed YouthR01MH093552 · NIMH · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI BRIDGE, JEFFREY A · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
STAT-ED Suicidal Teens Accessing Treatment after an Emergency Department VisitR01CE002129 · CE · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI BRIDGE, JEFFREY A, GRUPP-PHELAN, JACQUELINE M. · 2012 to 2014
$1.2M
Quality of Care for Adolescent Suicide AttemptersK01MH069948 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BRIDGE, JEFFREY A · 2004 to 2008
$641k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 MH002912NCIPC CDC HHS R01 CE002129NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH069948NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH093552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to describe the association between recent bullying victimization and risk of suicide among pediatric emergency department (ED) patients.

methodsPatients presenting to 1 of 3 different urban pediatric EDs with either medical/surgical or psychiatric chief complaints completed structured interviews as part of a study to develop a suicide risk screening instrument, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions. Seventeen candidate items and the criterion reference Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire were administered to patients ages 10 to 21 years. Bullying victimization was assessed by a single candidate item ("In the past few weeks, have you been bullied or picked on so much that you felt like you couldn't stand it anymore?").

resultsA total of 524 patients completed the interview (34.4% psychiatric chief complaints; 56.9% female; 50.4% white, non-Hispanic; mean [SD] age, 15.2 [2.6] years). Sixty patients (11.5%) reported recent bullying victimization, and of these, 33 (55.0%) screened positive for suicide risk on the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions or the previously validated Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. After controlling for demographic and clinical variables, including a history of depression and drug use, the odds of screening positive for suicide risk were significantly greater in patients who reported recent bullying victimization (adjusted odds ratio, 3.19; 95% confidence interval, 1.66-6.11). After stratification by chief complaint, this association persisted for medical/surgical patients but not for psychiatric patients.

conclusionsRecent bullying victimization was associated with increased odds of screening positive for elevated suicide risk among pediatric ED patients presenting with medical/surgical complaints. Understanding this important correlate of suicide risk in pediatric ED patients may help inform ED-based suicide prevention interventions.

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BullyingEmergency Service, HospitalSuicidal IdeationAdolescentChildCrime VictimsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitals, UrbanHumansMaleMass ScreeningProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMCPMC4808508

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