Subanalysis of the location of white matter hyperintensities and their association with suicidality in children and youth

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Dec:1008:265-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1301.029.

Abstract

Our previous research with psychiatrically hospitalized children and youth indicates that white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on T2-weighted MRI images are associated with a history of suicide attempt. This subanalysis of the specific locations of the WMH suggests that youth with deep WMH in the parietal lobe but not in the frontal lobe have a significantly higher prevalence of reported past suicide attempt.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Suicide / psychology*