Table 1.

Number and percentage of attentions due to suicidal ideation or attempts in children and adolescents in relation to the total number of patients and to the paediatric population attended for any reason in the psychiatric emergency department during the study period.

Psychiatric emergency department attentions	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total attentions for any reason in adults, children and adolescents, n	2006	2023	2065	2538
Suicidal ideation or attempts attentions in children and adolescents, n (%)	10 (0.5%)	14 (0.7%)	26 (1.3%)	88 (3.5%)
Total attentions for any reason in children and adolescents, n	62	84	109	283
Suicidal ideation or attempts attentions in children and adolescents, n (%)	10 (16.1%)	14 (16.6%)	26 (23.8%)	88 (31.1%)