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Suicide by children and young people in England<\/h1>\n

Date of publication: May 2016<\/p>\n

In April 2015, the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide, Homicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH) established the UK\u2019s first national study combining multiple sources of information to examine the factors related to suicide by children and young people aged 10-19 years.<\/p>\n

In this, the first of two reports from this study, 10 themes common to many suicides by children and young people are presented that should be a target for prevention.<\/p>\n

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Key messages<\/h2>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion: Key messages” _builder_version=”3.9″ border_color_all=”#ffffff” use_border_color=”off”][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Age and gender” open=”on” _builder_version=”3.9″ title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em” body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em”]The suicide rate in children and young people aged under 20 was low overall but rose sharply in the late teens. The number of suicides by males was higher than by females.<\/p>\n

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\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Common factors in suicide by young people” open=”off” _builder_version=”3.9″ title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em” body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em”]Many factors appeared to contribute to suicide in young people \u2013 it was rarely caused by one thing. Our findings suggest there are 10 common themes in suicide by children and young people.<\/p>\n

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\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Physical health conditions” open=”off” _builder_version=”3.9″ title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em” body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em”]More than a third of children and young people who died by suicide had sought medical help for a physical health condition. The most common conditions were respiratory, like asthma, and dermatological, such as acne.<\/p>\n

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\n[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Expression of suicidal risk” open=”off” _builder_version=”3.9″ title_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” title_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em” body_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0em” body_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0em”]Many children and young people who died by suicide had not expressed recent suicidal ideas. An absence of suicidal ideas, although important when present, cannot be assumed to show lack of risk.<\/p>\n

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