Editorial: Schools on the frontline of suicide prevention

Kamody, Rebecca C.; Bloch, Michael H.

doi:10.1111/jcpp.13663

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“…Recently, there has been increasing attention on the mental health of children and adolescents within the school environment, acknowledged as the “frontline of suicide prevention” [ 8 ]. Surprisingly, the mental health support available within the school system remains insufficient, which could be attributed to the ratio of 1:1360 between school psychological service providers and students in some Chinese schools [ 9 ], highlighting the concerning reality of limited access to mental health services for students.…”

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Effectiveness of a school-based Life Gatekeeper Training Program on suicide prevention in China: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Qu,

Zhang,

Liu

et al. 2024

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Background With suicide as a leading cause of death, the issue of children and adolescent suicide risks is in the spotlight today. To empower teachers in primary and secondary schools to serve as gatekeepers and to ensure the safety of children and adolescents, the systematically tailored and localized Life Gatekeeper suicide prevention program was designed for Chinese schools. Objective With the ultimate goal of preventing child and adolescent suicide, we aim to outline a research protocol for examining outcomes of the recently created standardized school-based Life Gatekeeper program in reducing teachers’ stigma, increasing their knowledge, willingness to intervene, and perceived competence. Methods Participants will be recruited from eligible primary and secondary schools. Cluster sampling will be used to randomly assign each school to either the intervention group or the control group. The primary outcomes are stigma against suicide, suicide literacy, perceived competence, and willingness to intervene with suicidal individuals, which will be measured using the Stigma of Suicide Scale, the Literacy of Suicide Scale, and the Willingness to Intervene Against Suicide Questionnaire, respectively. Measurements will be taken at four time points, including pre-intervention, immediately after the intervention, 6-month follow-up, and 1-year follow-up. Conclusions The current study features innovative implementation in the real world, by using a randomized controlled trial design to examine the effectiveness of a school-based gatekeeper program among primary and secondary school teachers, following a sequence of defined and refined steps. The research will also investigate the viability of a school-based gatekeeper program for primary and secondary school teachers that could be quickly and inexpensively implemented in a large number of schools.

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Effectiveness of a school-based Life Gatekeeper Training Program on suicide prevention in China: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Zhang,

Liu

et al. 2024

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“…We as authors in last year's issue commented on being in the midst of a child mental health crisis and the impact on suicidality and the need for innovative prevention programs (Kamody & Bloch, 2022). A year later in 2023, we continue to experience the long‐term impact and effects of the pandemic on youth mental health and life‐threatening presentations.…”

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Editorial: Developmental considerations in addressing the earlier age of severe eating disorder onset

Kamody

Bloch

2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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The deleterious impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on youth mental health has garnered much attention (Newlove‐Delgado et al., 2023). It has been a topic of interest in both research and academic writing, as well as in the public press (e.g., Tanner, 2023). Disorders and mental health concerns of focus have been wide‐ranging, with some of the most severe presentations, such as suicidality, highlighted (Asarnow and Chung, 2021). Eating disorders are among the most life‐threatening and prominent mental health concerns that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, and our current models of youth mental health care cannot keep up. Given this context, our team read and reviewed the manuscript, ‘Shifting age of child eating disorder hospitalizations during the Covid‐19 pandemic’ (Auger et al., 2023), eagerly. While the increasing severity of eating disorder presentations and increase in pediatric hospitalization has been an area of research (Asch et al., 2021), including at our own institution (Shum et al., 2022), the impact of age of onset, and the consequential impact on current systems of care, requires much greater attention.

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“…36 El otro escenario, fue la escuela como una estrategia para la prevención de IS, a través de proporcionar herramientas y habilidades para la prevención del IS. 37 En este estudio la cantidad de casos atendidos por IS entre 2021 y 2022 se mantuvo, esto puede deberse al regreso de la escuela, al volver a interaccionar con sus pares y no contar con estrategias o herramientas para afrontar los estresores sociales.…”

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Intentos de suicidio atendidos en un servicio de urgencias pediátrico, antes y durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Casas Muñoz,

Mondragón,

Caballero

et al. 2024

Acta Pediatr Mex

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Antecedentes. El suicidio es un problema de salud pública. Los intentos suicidas (IS) en adolescentes aumentaron drásticamente durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Objetivo. Identificar la frecuencia de los casos de IS atendidos en el servicio de urgencias por temporalidad (en los últimos cinco años) y describir los posibles factores de riesgo y/o posibles desencadenantes y algunas características del IS así como de la solicitud de atención. Material y Métodos. Estudio observacional, retrospectivo y descriptivo de revisión de expedientes, de 2018 a 2023. Resultados. Se revisaron 296 expedientes con el diagnóstico de IS. El 74% fueron mujeres, 56% eran adolescentes tardíos, 43% tempranos y 1% niños. Hubo un 266% de incremento de los casos atendidos por IS durante la pandemia. Por temporalidad en el mes de enero prepandemia la cantidad de casos fue más alta y durante la pandemia disminuyó, sucedió de manera inversa para los meses de febrero, marzo, julio y septiembre. Los principales factores de riesgo y/o desencadenantes fueron: los conflictos interpersonales (64.19%), el estrés social (57.43%), la agudización de un trastorno de salud mental previo (56.08%), el antecedente de IS previo (48.31%), divorcio de los padres (31.42%) y vivir diferentes formas de violencia [psicológica (28.33%), sexual (18.92%) y por pares (16.55%)]. El horario de solicitud de atención se concentró principalmente en los turnos vespertino y nocturno (79.39%). Conclusiones. Durante la pandemia hubo un incremento en la cantidad de casos atendidos por Intento de Suicidio en adolescentes en el servicio de urgencias y cambios en la temporalidad de presentación.

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Editorial: Schools on the frontline of suicide prevention

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Effectiveness of a school-based Life Gatekeeper Training Program on suicide prevention in China: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Effectiveness of a school-based Life Gatekeeper Training Program on suicide prevention in China: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Editorial: Developmental considerations in addressing the earlier age of severe eating disorder onset

Intentos de suicidio atendidos en un servicio de urgencias pediátrico, antes y durante la pandemia de COVID-19

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