Parents under-report children's suicide ideation and attempts.

Main results 59 adolescents reported suicide ideation (7%) and 36 reported suicide attempts (4%). Parents identified 6 of these 59 suicide ideation reports (10%) and 2 of the reported suicide attempts (6%). Correlates of reported suicidality differed between parents and children (table). Internalising mental disorders, stressful family events, regular tobacco use and parent-adolescent relationship difficulties predicted reported suicidality by adolescents. Correlates in the parental model included parental depressive disorders, parent-adolescent relationship difficulties, perceiving a need for help for the adolescent and institutionalising the child.