Self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among college students

Suicide and poverty in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…However, where multivariate analysis was performed in two Indian studies, only null associations were found for value of livestock and value of agricultural produce amongst farmers 61 and for monthly household income. 56 Of the eleven studies on non-fatal SIB, six 35,41,42,48,57,65 using bivariate analysis reported a positive association and four 37,55,57,58 a null association. However, all studies 34,37,38,41,48,57,64 performing multivariate analysis found a positive association except one 34 which found a null association between perceived financial status and suicide attempts in China.…”

“…56 Of the eleven studies on non-fatal SIB, six 35,41,42,48,57,65 using bivariate analysis reported a positive association and four 37,55,57,58 a null association. However, all studies 34,37,38,41,48,57,64 performing multivariate analysis found a positive association except one 34 which found a null association between perceived financial status and suicide attempts in China. In Chinese studies, financial status was associated with suicidal ideation (OR=2•93, 95% CI 1•82-4•71), severe suicidal ideation (OR=2•25, 95% CI 1•21-4•19) and suicide plan (OR=2•15, 95% CI 1•04-4•41), 34 family economic status was associated with six-month prevalence of severe suicidal ideation (OR=1•52, 95% CI 1•07-2•15), 48 and monthly income was associated with lifetime prevalence of suicidal attempts (OR=0•2, 95% CI 0•06-0•6).…”

“…We assessed 29 (78%) studies to be of high [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] or acceptable [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58] quality (Table 3). Eight studies [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66] were of low quality due to problems with risk of bias: performance, attrition and detection bias (interrupted-time series); selection bias, unclear case definitions, detection bias, lack of adjustment for confounding factors (case-control studies); detection bias, lack of adjustment for confounding factors (cross sectional and ecological studies).…”

“…41 In Turkey, low income was associated with life-time prevalence of self-harm (OR=2•10, 95% CI 1•07-4•12). 57 …”

Professional Counselors’ Conceptualizations of the Relationship between Suicide and Self-Injury

“…People who self-injure are at increased risk of suicide (Toprak et al, 2011); however, rates of self-injury far surpass those of completed suicide. Not all persons who self-injure will attempt or complete suicide.…”