Suicidal Ideation in Turkish Adolescents

Ulusoy, M. Demet; Demir, Nilüfer Özcan

doi:10.2224/sbp.2005.33.6.541

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“…Turkish adolescents had disproportionate rates (38.1 percent) of suicidal ideation, compared to majority Dutch adolescents and compared to average levels of suicidal ideation in adolescents (28.9 percent) as reported in the international literature (De Wilde, 2000). However, the rates that we found in the Turks are consistent with an epidemiological study of a sample of high school students in Turkey (52 percent), which hints at culturallybound risks for suicidal ideation (Ulusoy & Demir, 2005).…”

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Suicidal Ideation in Ethnic Minority and Majority Adolescents in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bergen¹,

Smit

Balkom

et al. 2008

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We investigated the prevalence and explored the vulnerability to suicidal ideation across several ethnic minority versus ethnic majority adolescents in the city of Utrecht in The Netherlands. Exploratory analyses were conducted on a dataset obtained from the Municipal Health Services in Utrecht. We examined whether ethnic minority adolescents are at risk for suicidal ideation because of a family background of migration, social-economic position and certain family factors, which influence psychological constellations. We found that levels of suicidal ideation among adolescents of Turkish background were significantly higher than in both majority and other minority adolescents, The Turkish adolescents at risk for suicidal ideation reported that they do not enjoy being at home with their families. Psychological factors, in particular lack of self-pride and the idea of not becoming successful in life, appeared to be important, as well as feelings of loneliness. Suicidal ideation was not found equally across all ethnic minority groups. A history of migration, ethnic minority status, or low socioeconomic status were not sufficient to explain the variation across ethnicities. Our results suggest that specific social-cultural factors, contextualized in the individual and located in the family environment, are relevant in explaining the disproportionate rates for Turkish adolescents in Utrecht.

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confidence: 91%

Suicidal Ideation in Ethnic Minority and Majority Adolescents in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bergen¹,

Smit

Balkom

et al. 2008

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“…Inadequate sleep was found to be associated with worthlessness, which is consistent with several studies that have shown the negative impact of sleeplessness and found it to be linked with depressive symptoms (McAdam & Johnson, 2018;Ulusoy & Demir, 2005). Lack of sleep is generally associated with excessive pressure, either from studies or the shift to adulthood, which eventually could lead to self-doubt (Clarke & Harvey, 2012).…”

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confidence: 85%

Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents in Bangladesh

Ria

Biswas

Alam

et al. 2022

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Adolescent mental well-being hardly took precedence in Bangladesh, which is reflected in both policies and literature. This study assessed the common symptoms of depression among school-going adolescents (aged 10–19 years) in Bangladesh. Primary data were collected during October–November 2019 from 289 participants in four schools using a questionnaire based on the WHO global school-based student health survey and WHO stepwise approach to NCD (Tools version 9.5). Sadness (45.3%) and aggression (40.5%) were the most common depressive symptoms found in the study, followed by confusion (27.7%), worthlessness (21.8%), fatigue (21.5%), and insomnia (18.0%). The sex of the student, grade of study, and duration of daily sleep showed differential associations with these symptoms. These findings indicate a crucial stage of adolescence, where the different societal pressures often ignored by primary carers, could have detrimental effect on children. There is an urgent need to address the growing adolescent mental health issue in Bangladesh and a need for health system to recognize its precedence.

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“…Enfin, dans cette étude le risque d'idéation suicidaire augmente avec la symptomatologie dépressive et avec le fait d'être une fille, en accord avec les études antérieures [5,6,30,31]. Dans le cadre scolaire cependant, seul la pression perçue est un prédicteur significatif, mais il s'agit d'un prédicteur négatif.…”

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“…Le stress scolaire se définit comme un état de stress chronique chez des élèves s'étant fixé des buts inatteignables ou dont la perception des attentes que leur entourage peut avoir d'eux dépasse leurs capacités [3]. Une des conséquences du stress scolaire peut être la dépression et le suicide [4][5][6].…”

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