Assessment was made of the association between suicide behaviours and mental health disorders, which were categorised as fear and anger disorders (specific) phobia, panic disorder / agoraphobia, social phobia, intermittent explosive disorder; distress disorders (separation anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder and / or dysthymia (MDD / DYS) and generalised anxiety disorder; disruptive behaviour disorders (attention - deficit - hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder and eating disorders (
including anorexia
nervosa,
bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder)-RRB-; and substance abuse (alcohol and illicit drug abuse).
Adolescents in the NCS - A were administered the fully structured Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) modified to simplify language and use examples relevant to adolescents.10 The DSM - IV and CIDI disorders assessed
include mood disorders (major depressive disorder or dysthymia, bipolar I or II disorder), anxiety disorders (panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety disorder), behavior disorders (attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, oppositional - defiant disorder, conduct disorder), eating disorders (anorexia
nervosa,
bulimia nervosa, binge - eating behavior), and substance disorders (alcohol and drug abuse, alcohol and drug dependence with abuse).