ArticleBMC psychology2025
Associations between somatic symptoms and suicidal behavior: a cohort study in Chinese adolescents.
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- Symptom network analysis of depressive and somatic symptoms and suicide risk indicators in treatment-naïve adolescents with first-episode depression.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Two-week prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among first-visit general-hospital psychiatric outpatients: a cross-sectional study using the PHQ-9 and EPQ.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Identifying past-year self-reported suicidality in outpatients with somatic symptom disorder using an interpretable machine-learning model: a multicenter study with an online calculator.BMC psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Depression, anxiety and stress in adolescents and their associated factors: a latent profile analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Behavioral and Psychopathological Trajectories From Late Childhood to Early Adolescence: Implications for Suicidality Risk.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between somatic symptoms and suicidal ideation in adults with major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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backgroundSomatic complaints and suicidal behavior are prevalent in adolescents. However, longitudinal data examining the associations between somatic symptoms and suicidal behaviors in Chinese adolescents are limited. The present study aims to investigate the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between somatic symptoms and suicidal behavior in a large cohort of Chinese adolescents.
methodsA total of 6,934 Chinese teenagers were assessed at baseline and one year later. Somatic symptoms were assessed using the somatic complaints subscale of the Youth Self-Report. A self-administered questionnaire was utilized to measure suicidal behavior (suicidal ideation or suicide attempt), depressive symptoms, and adolescent and family covariates. Logistic regression models were utilized to examine the relationships between somatic symptoms and suicidal behavior.
resultsBoth cross-sectional and longitudinal data analyses showed that the prevalence rates of suicidal behavior were significantly increased with the severity of somatic symptoms (score range 0-14). After adjusting for demographic characteristics and depressive symptoms, somatic symptom scores of 4-5 and ≥ 6 were associated with increased odds of suicidal behavior at baseline (AOR = 1.93 and 2.32) and at one-year follow-up (AOR = 1.33 and 1.59). Adolescents with no suicidal behavior at baseline but somatic symptom scores of ≥ 6 were 1.70 times more likely to report newly incident suicidal behavior within the year of follow-up.
conclusionsSomatic symptoms independently predict suicidal behavior in adolescents. This finding underscores the need to assess and manage somatic complaints for suicide prevention among adolescents.
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