A new study has come up with the findings that suicidal tendencies are higher in adopted children than their non-adopted siblings. Researchers have suggested doctors to be careful while figuring out signs of trouble in adopted patients. They, however, said that parents should not be excessively alarmed by the results.

Margaret Keyes is a lead author and a psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She said, "While our findings suggest that adoptees may have an elevated risk for suicide attempt, the majority of the adopted individuals in our study were psychologically well-adjusted".

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third major cause of death. The agency has said that 4,600 youth die each year because of suicide in the US. More number of suicide attempts is recorded every year.

The research analyzed data from an existing University of Minnesota study of 692 adopted children and 540 non adopted siblings in Minnesota.

The age group of all adopted kids was between 11 and 21 years. It was found over a period of three years of study that 56 children tried to commit suicide at least once. Of them, 47 were adopted. The findings were published in the journal Pediatrics.