marie-claude geoffroy

Youth at risk of suicide show early warning signs that adults often miss

keila.depape@mcgill.ca — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:40:04 +0000

Drawing on a landmark 25-year study that followed Quebec children into adulthood, 91�� researchers have identified two distinct patterns in how suicidal thoughts emerge and the early signs that are often missed.

Suicidal thoughts are increasingly common among youth, but how they begin and what mental health symptoms often precede them are poorly understood, the researchers said.

Marie-Claude Geoffroy

lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:19:17 +0000

Suicide: victimized teens more at risk

vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:05:51 +0000

A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) by the team of Dr Marie-Claude Geoffroy, researcher at the CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Douglas mental health university institute, 91�� group for suicide studies) and the Sainte-Justine hospital research centre, reports that adolescents chronically victimized during two school years at least, are about five times more at risk of thinking about suicide and six times more at risk of attempting suicide at age 15