New study probes hidden mental health links in kids who attempt suicide
NCT ID NCT05450354
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at children aged 9 to 15 who were hospitalized for a serious suicide attempt. Researchers will use questionnaires to assess psychiatric disorders, neurodevelopment, and attachment issues. The goal is to better understand what leads to these severe attempts and find ways to prevent them.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help identify early risk factors and improve prevention strategies for serious suicide attempts in children.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly change outcomes. Results may not apply to all children or regions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Alive patients who made a serious suicide attempt between the ages of 9 and 15 inclusive and after January 1, 2016. And control patients aged 9 to 15 years old hospitalized at the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital at time of the study for a non-serious suicide attempt.
- Ages
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9 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients: * Between the ages of 9 and 15 inclusive at the time of hospitalization at the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital following a serious suicide attempt that took place after January 1, 2016. * Serious suicide attempt whose criteria are: hospitalization for more than 24 hours and one of the following criteria: care in a specialized service, surgery under general anesthesia, hospitalization in intensive care or continuous care or resuscitation unit, attempted suicide by methods involving a high risk of mortality: precipitation, hanging, firearm… * Control patients aged 9 to 15 years old hospitalized at the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital at time of the study for a non-serious suicide attempt. * Without intellectual disability (IQ\>70). * Parents: \- At least one of the parents of a patient meeting the inclusion criteria. * All subjects (parent(s) and minor or adult children) informed and not objecting to participation in the study. Holders of parental authority of minor patients informed and not opposing the participation of their child in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient command of French to answer the questionnaires. * Incomplete file of patients whose hospitalization is no longer in progress. * Medical impossibility to pass the questionnaires.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France