Early adolescent suicide: a comparative study

Byard, Roger W.; Markopoulos, D.; Prasad, D. R. Mahadeshwara; Eitzen, David; James, Rosemary; Blackbourne, Brian D.; Krous, Henry F.

doi:10.1054/jcfm.2000.0354

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“…The preference for self-shooting by young adults is consistent with results from Turkey [14,17,19], Israel [20] and the USA [18,21]. The preference for hanging by adolescents has been reported elsewhere, and could be due to the easy accessibility of the instruments necessary for hanging, as has been suggested in other studies [5,14,15,18].…”

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Children, adolescents and young adults suicide data from Epirus, northwestern Greece

Vougiouklakis

Tsiligianni

Boumba

2009

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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The aim of this study was to evaluate suicide trends among individuals < or = 24 years of age in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, from January 1998 to December 2008. Twenty-one cases were classified as suicides out of 242 total deaths (8.7%). The male to female suicide ratio was 4.25 (17 males and 4 females). The preferred suicide method for those aged > or = 19 years involved firearms, and for those aged < 19 years was hanging. Alcohol was implicated in more than 50% of the suicides and was consumed exclusively by those aged > 16 years. Suicides by self-shooting were more often related to drinking than suicides by other methods. Children and adolescents (aged up to 15 years), older adolescents (15-18 years) and young adults (19-24 years) had suicide rates of 0.05/100,000, 0.10/100,000 and 0.39/100,000 inhabitants per year, respectively. These suicide rates are the lowest reported so far in Europe. The main reason for this may be the traditional lifestyle of the local population and the strong family ties that protect against suicide, especially for the young.

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Children, adolescents and young adults suicide data from Epirus, northwestern Greece

Vougiouklakis

Tsiligianni

Boumba

2009

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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“…This stability has also been noticed in South Australia and San Diego County (USA) [24]. This goes in opposition with other studies which have suggested that child's suicide is a growing problem [9,12,25].…”

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Suicide Among Adolescents in Center Tunisia: An 18-Year Autopsy Study

Jedidi¹,

Mlayeh²,

Hamila³

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IJFP

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“…Underlying natural causes may also play a role in death by drowning, wrongly regarded as deliberate self harm (Byard et al, 2000). In some of the victims, especially the elderly, may have died of natural causes.…”

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Trends in suicide by drowning in the elderly in England and Wales 1979–2001

Salib

2005

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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The high rate of open verdicts in elderly drowning over the study period and compared to any other method of fatal self harm in England and Wales confirms the difficulties in reaching a firm conclusion in drowning death. Therefore combining suicide and all undetermined deaths in drowning as a matter of course, in nationally collected statistics, may result in grossly exaggerated rates and misleading trends in suicidal drowning. Suicide by drowning is probably not amenable to prevention and although the elderly are often thought to benefit more from suicide prevention than younger adults, the study findings seem to suggest that this is not likely to be the case in drowning.

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Early adolescent suicide: a comparative study

Cited by 66 publications

References 9 publications

Children, adolescents and young adults suicide data from Epirus, northwestern Greece

Children, adolescents and young adults suicide data from Epirus, northwestern Greece

Suicide Among Adolescents in Center Tunisia: An 18-Year Autopsy Study

Trends in suicide by drowning in the elderly in England and Wales 1979–2001

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