Suicide in Austrian children and young adolescents aged 14 and younger

Abstract

Suicide rates of children and young adolescents in Austria are on the decrease, in accordance with a reported decrease in the general suicide rate in Austria.

Suicidios en menores de 20 años. México 1998-2011

“…[33][34][35][36][37] Es importante mencionar que en México el suicidio en menores de 10 años de edad es poco frecuente, se han registrado 115 suicidios de 1979 a 2002. Cabe resaltar que en el periodo 2003-2011 no hubo registros de suicidios en este grupo de edad.…”

“…44,45 Como lo mencionan Beautrais, Dervic y Pompili entre otros, 17,33,36,46,47 el ahorcamiento es el método más utilizado por ser económico, de fácil instalación y no requerir de una planeación laboriosa; aunque es de letalidad más baja que otros métodos. En México, no hay estudios que indiquen las causas por las que este método es el más utilizado tanto en hombres como en mujeres.…”

Revisão de literatura sobre suicídio na infância

“…There was a prevalence ranging from 48%-90% of deaths from suicide in childhood due to hanging, followed by 14%-22% by firearms and, to a lesser extent, 4%-7% due to poisoning, 7%-30% by precipitation and 2%-4% by drowning 4,[6][7][8][9][12][13][14]19,21,24,26,28,35,41 . In Singapore, 90% of deaths occurred due to precipitation and 9% by hanging 35 .…”

“…Direct or indirect verbal manifestations that refer to "death thoughts", behavior changes and curiosity about death should be taken seriously and require immediate attention 8,14,18,27,33,41 . In the case of verbal manifestation, children in the final phase of childhood and early adolescence can go directly to the subject, confiding to their friends their wish to die or just insinuating and commenting on their death wish with teachers and, less frequently, with their families.…”

Surname study of suicide in Austria: Differences in regional suicide rates correspond to the genetic structure of the population

“…Suicide research in Austria is well developed [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], but investigations into the genetics of suicide are still lacking. The genetic structure of the Austrian population has recently been extensively documented through a surname study [29], and the present research took advantage of these novel data to investigate whether differences in Austrian regional suicide rates correspond to the genetic structure of the population.…”