TABLE 2.

Comparison of the Importance of Screening for Suicide Risk Versus Other Mental Health Problems

	Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
	Adolescents		Parents
	Z*	P†	Z*	P†
Depression	−7.9	<0.001	−4.8	<0.001
Anxiety	−9.7	<0.001	−6.2	<0.001
Alcohol misuse	−4.7	<0.001	−7.8	0.067
Drug misuse	−2.1	<0.05	−1.1	0.279
Eating problems	−7.2	<0.001	−6.5	<0.001
Behavior problems	−10.1	<0.001	−7.6	<0.001
Dating violence	−8.8	<0.001	−3.7	<0.001

^*Wilcoxon signed rank test comparing adolescent and parent ratings of the importance of screening for suicide versus the other mental health problems.

^†All significant differences were in the direction of suicide risk being more important to screen for than the other mental health problems.