Suicidal children - resources?

[Somewhatfoolish]

I am not sure what the right term is but I will call her my niece twice-removed cause that is about right has tried to commit suicide with an overdose of her mother's BP pills. Not to sound callous but if she was a teenager then I would "get it" - a lot of them do this.

But

she

is

NINE

WTF??????

I thought I would be able to find info online about this but everything seems to be targeted at older kids, unsurprisingly. So I'm probably doing dumb searches. Can anyone link to useful reading material and similar resources?

She isn't my primary responsibility or anything but she is just close enough I need to play my part in supporting her emotionally and the first part of that is to educate myself.

[MOMACC]

Does your employer provide a family advice line / access to mental health resources? Mine do so that is where I would start.

Any friends who are primary school teachers who could point you in the right direction?

[Somewhatfoolish]

MOMACC said:

Does your employer provide a family advice line / access to mental health resources? Mine do so that is where I would start.

Any friends who are primary school teachers who could point you in the right direction?

Yes to both actually, good shout

[Chromegrill]

Very rare for a child at that age to actually go ahead and complete suicide, though it's truly scary when it looks like something serious could happen. If she took an overdose I would hope medical attention has been sought, and mental health and paediatrics teams should have been made aware of her on arrival to A&E.

Papyrus is a national charity for prevention of suicide in children and young people
https://www.papyrus-uk.org/

In England your local NHS mental health trust and potentially local authority website should signpost to urgent mental health advice lines including issues in children and young people in case of an emergency situation.

A bigger step will be supporting her and her family and identifying possible triggers, spontaneous or ongoing challenges leading up to this that should be addressed.