What can we look out for to prevent suicidal thoughts in our teens?

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Japanese researchers looking into the signs that teens give off if they might have suicidal thoughts say that the most prevalent things to look out for are withdrawn symptoms or increasing somatic symptoms - physical symptoms such as pain, weakness or shortness of breath. The team investigated 2780 adolescents' mental health and behaviours, and say that after they adjusted for confounding data, the kids most likely to have suicidal thoughts were those who were socially withdrawing and having physical issues, when compared to the kids who didn't have these thoughts.

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Organisation/s: The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan

Funder: This study was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (grant Nos. JP20H01777, JP20H03951, JP21H05171, JP21H05174, JP21K10487, JP22H05211, 23K07028, and JP23H02834), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (grant Nos. JP18dm0307001, JP18dm0307004, and JP19dm0207069), Moonshot Research and Development (grant No. JPMJMS2021), Japan Science and Technology Agency-Mirai Program (grant No. JPMJMI21J3), University of Tokyo Institute for Diversity and Adaptation of Human Mind, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence at the University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study.

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