Pandemic's hidden toll: study probes youth suicide surge

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * The population (subjects and controls) will be divided into age categories: * Pre-adolescents (≥ 8 years and \< 11 years) * Adolescents (≥ 11 years and \< 15 years) * Older adolescents (≥ 15 years and \< 18 years) Subjects with suicidal behavior during the health crisis (Group 1): * Age \> 8 years and \< 18 years during the period 2020 to 2022. * Admitted to pediatric emergency departments or hospitalized in a care unit (CHU, general hospitals) in the AURA region during 2020, 2021, and/or 2022 for suicidal behavior (defined as suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempt and/or self-harm/self-poisoning with suicidal intent). Subjects with suicidal behavior during the health crisis with qualitative interviews (Group 1b): * Age \> 8 years and \< 18 years during the period 2020 to 2022. * Admitted to pediatric emergency departments or hospitalized in a care unit (CHU, general hospitals) in the AURA region during 2020, 2021, and/or 2022 for suicidal behavior (defined as suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempt and/or self-harm/self-poisoning with suicidal intent). * Randomly selected from the population of Group 1. * For whom the parent(s) and/or the subject have signed informed consent. Controls with suicidal behavior before the health crisis (Group 2): * Age \> 8 years and \< 18 years during the period 2018 to 2019. * Admitted to pediatric emergency departments or hospitalized in a care unit (CHU, general hospitals) in the AURA region during 2018 and/or 2019 for suicidal behavior (defined as suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempt and/or self-harm/self-poisoning with suicidal intent). Exclusion Criteria: \- Subjects with Suicidal Behavior during the Health Crisis with and without Qualitative Interviews (Group 1 and 1b): • Admitted to pediatric emergency services or hospitalized in a healthcare facility (university hospital center, general hospital) in the AURA region for a psychiatric reason other than suicidal behavior during the period from 2020 to 2022. Controls with Suicidal Behavior before the Health Crisis (Group 2): * Admitted to pediatric emergency services or hospitalized in a healthcare facility (university hospital center, general hospital) in the AURA region for a psychiatric reason other than suicidal behavior during the period from 2018 to 2019. * Intercurrent illness with a life expectancy of less than 24 hours. For Group 1: * Pregnant, postpartum, or breastfeeding women. * Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision. * Adults subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship). * Persons not affiliated with a social security scheme or beneficiaries of a similar scheme. * Persons who do not understand and do not speak French.