Self-reported suicidality and its predictors among adolescents from a pre-university college in Bangalore, India

Bhola, Poornima; Rekha, Dorothy P; Sathyanarayanan, Vidya; Daniel, Sheila; Thomas, Tinku

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2013.10.003

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“…In America, West et al [68] also found that females were more likely to suicide attempts than males in the past year (9.3% of females versus 4.6% of males). Other studies, for example, those of Bhola et al [79], Dieserud et al [80], and Kokkevi et al [81], also reported similar results with our study. The reason attributed to the difference in psychological development between males and females, and females were more vulnerable when they met with setbacks.…”

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Prevalence of suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies

Dong

Chen

et al. 2015

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Prevalence of suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies

Dong

Chen

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Comprehensive Psychiatry

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“…15 One study in Bangalore found that 25.4% of the adolescents had suicidal ideation (past 3 months), suicide attempt (lifetime) 12.9% and 6% in past 3 months, and 12.9% expressed their need for seeking help. 16 Another study from West Bengal found suicidal ideation and attempts 11.7% and 3.5% of the students. 17 In addition to community at large, school-based interventions are required to identify and manage risk factors (in adolescents) to reduce the morbidity and mortality (in adults) associated with non-communicable diseases.…”

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Screening Adolescents for Risk Factors for Development of Non-Communicable Diseases

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Pemde

Rajendran

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This study was done to find the prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in school going adolescents. Secondary data analysis was done of the data collected for development of questionnaire for adolescents. The data was collected from the adolescents (10-19 years of age) attending OPD of Kalawati Saran Children's Hosp[ital, New Delhi or attending schools. The data related to NCD risk factors were analyzed and is presented here. Total 672 adolescents were included in the study. Six questions were asked on risk factors for NCDs. Nearly 2/3 adolescents are not active enough physically, only half were having fruits and vegetables in diet 5 times a week, and about a quarter were genetically predisposed for NCDs. About 10% adolescents had thoughts of ending life in the previous month and nearly half of it made at least one attempt to end life. NCDs begin during adolescence and the risk factors can be identified early. This gives an opportunity to modify risk factors to avoid or delay the NCDs in adults.

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“…Possible links between "academic failure" and higher rates of mental illnesses are sometimes mentioned in passing but, to our knowledge, never explored (Patel et al 2007(Patel et al : 2310. Even recent research done by psychiatrists on suicidal ideation among schoolchildren conducted on school premises does not mention links between scholastic pressure and suicidal ideation (Bhola et al 2014).…”

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“What is strange is that we don't have more children coming to us”: A habitography of child psychiatrists and scholastic pressure in Kolkata, India

Ecks

Kupfer

2015

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The mental health of Indian school children could be expected to be a major topic of research. More people below 15 years are living in India than in any other country in the world, and India has undergone rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that have greatly increased the pressures on children to do well in school. Yet there is a striking dearth of research in this field. In this article we present the first-ever study focused on child psychiatrists in India. Based on long-term fieldwork and interviews with psychiatrists in the Kolkata metropolitan area, we present a habitography of how psychiatrists experience young people's problems. Child psychiatrists are greatly concerned about the nexus between heightened expectations of educational success and a rise of mental problems among young people. At the same time, they wonder why not many more children are coming to them with school-related complaints. To date, there is not enough research that could either confirm or disconfirm the psychiatrists' analysis of social changes, but some conclusions on the plausibility of their views can be drawn.

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Self-reported suicidality and its predictors among adolescents from a pre-university college in Bangalore, India

Cited by 21 publications

References 28 publications

Prevalence of suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies

Prevalence of suicide attempts among Chinese adolescents: A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies

Screening Adolescents for Risk Factors for Development of Non-Communicable Diseases

“What is strange is that we don't have more children coming to us”: A habitography of child psychiatrists and scholastic pressure in Kolkata, India

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