depressed 9yo who says "I want to be dead" - how to handle?

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DS1 is 9.5yo and over the past 18 months or so the " I want to die" theme has occurred increasingly. This weekend he's been unwell, and has said it an alarming number of times, probably at least every hour and when he's really cross or upset he says it over and over.
This is "too close to home" for me to be able to see what the best thing is to do to help him, has anyone got any experience to share with me?

Sorry! OCD.

ahhhh, did wonder if you meant that but not sure enough Hadn't looked into it before, and it would be well worth some research, thank you.

I've made an appointment at the dr for next week (earliest they can do )

Sorry to hear your ds is struggling. Have you spoken to your local CAMHS team? My ds went through this at the start of yr7 and school SENCO arranged emergency referral- got to speak to psychologist hours later and were seen within days. Turns out he's on the AS but coping much better now. Better to get all the support available- many hands etc... Good luck.