UNC pilot study finds suicidal thoughts in children as young as age 5

The notion that children as young as age 5 can experience suicidal thoughts is deeply unsettling but increasingly supported by emerging research, according to a new pilot study from the University of North Carolina (UNC). The research, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , notes that children as young as 5 years old may experience thoughts about suicide, but these behaviors are not well understood.