Trauma Exposure and Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents Aged 11-17 Hospitalized in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This questionnaire evaluates the symptoms of PTSD and their frequency in children aged 7 to 18 years, following a traumatic event. Completion time is 15-20 minutes and the total score can range from 0 (no symptoms) to 84 (maximum symptoms) for symptom intensity and from 0 (no functional impact) to 24 (maximum functional impact) for functional impairment. The scale will be administered by a clinician (psychologist or psychiatrist for children and adolescents).

This questionnaire evaluates by parents the symptoms of their children in PTSD and their frequency in children aged 7 to 18 years, following a traumatic event. Completion time is 15-20 minutes and the total score can range from 0 (no symptoms) to 84 (maximum symptoms) for symptom intensity and from 0 (no functional impact) to 24 (maximum functional impact) for functional impairment. The scale will be administered by a clinician or self-administered (psychologist or psychiatrist for children and adolescents).

The Life Event Checklist version of DSM-5 (19) consists of a list of 16 potentially trauma events in reference to criterion 1 of PTSD from DSM-5. It does not generate a total score but allows for a record of trauma events if they have occurred or not.

It is a hetero-administered questionnaire that allows for the screening and diagnosis of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents.

The PCL-5 (23) is composed of 20 items that correspond to the 20 PTSD criteria detailed in the DSM-5, and contains four subscales corresponding to the four clusters of symptoms in the DSM-5: intrusion phenomena, avoidance, negative alterations of cognition and mood, and increase in hyperactivity and reactivity. The score can range from 0 (no symptoms) to 80 (maximum symptoms). PCL-5 is a self-administered questionnaire that can also be administered with the help of a clinician.

It is a clinician administered semi-structured scale designed to measure pediatric irritability

The CHYRM (26) is a scale used to measure social and family support and child skills. The child version is in two versions: one for 7-10 years old and one for 11-18 years old. There is also a version to be completed by the parents on their perception of social and family support and skills of the child (one for 7-10 years old and one for 11-18 years old).

The ACE-IQ evaluates childhood adverse experiences into 29 items and 13 categories of traumatic experiences experienced during childhood.

the CERQ is a self-administered questionnaire which identifies 9 cognitive strategies of emotional regulation into 36 items

The BRIEF-2 is a scale assessing daily behaviors at school and home, related to the executive functions of children between 5 and 17 years. The self-reported questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to complete.

This tool consisting of 30 items highlights five sub-dimensions of metacognition: excessive monitoring, non-trust in one's memory, negative metacognitive beliefs related to superstition, negative and positive metacognitive beliefs.

The DES-A is a self-reported questionnaire in 30 items allowing to detect different dissociative phenomena in teenagers between 11 and 17 years old. A total score corresponding to the severity of dissociative behaviors is obtained by adding the scores of each item.The minimum score is 1 and the maximum 10.

Neurodevelopmental burden calculated using the neurodevelopmental score: maternal age, paternal age, presence of ADHD, specific learning disorders, bipolar disorder before age 15, eating disorder (ED) before age 15, anxiety disorder before age 15, substance use disorder (SUD) before age 15, traumatic exposure. ADHD, specific learning disorders, bipolar disorder, ED, anxiety disorder, and SUD are diagnosed using the K-SADS.

Defined as the time spent per day on a screen (phone, tablet, computer, television), outside of school hours, during weekends, holidays, and public holidays.

Direct questioning on the occurrence of suicidal behaviors since the last evaluation, verification of medical records (subsequent admissions to psychiatry for suicide attempt).