Suicidal ideation and attempts among high school students of war-affected area at Woldia town, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2022

MA Kassa, M Srahbzu, G Nenko, G Nakie, K Mekuria… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Suicidal ideation and attempts usually occur during adolescence time, and
living in war-affected area make the problem more predominate and severe. To the best of …

Suicidal ideations and attempts among adolescents in Kampala urban settlements in Uganda: a case study of adolescents receiving care from the Uganda Youth …

P Bukuluki, S Wandiembe, P Kisaakye… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is an increasing recognition that suicidal ideation is a major public health concern in
sub-Saharan Africa. We employed a case study design, taking a case study of adolescents …

Using latent class analysis to identify health lifestyle profiles and their association with suicidality among adolescents in Benin

F Hoogstoel, LC Fassinou, S Samadoulougou… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Youth suicidality is considerably prevalent in low-and middle-income countries, including
Benin. Factors such as psychosocial distress, socio-environmental factors, and health risk …

The profile of patients presenting with intentional self-poisoning to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital emergency department, South Africa

AE Laher, F Motara, R Gihwala… - South African Medical …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Background With 23.5 suicide-related deaths per 100 000 population, South Africa (SA) has
the eighth-highest age-standardised suicide rate in the world. Intentional self-poisoning is …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of machine learning algorithms in national data to classify the risk of self-harm among young adults in hospital: a retrospective study

A Arora, L Bojko, S Kumar, J Lillington… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Self-harm is one of the most common presentations at accident and emergency
departments in the UK and is a strong predictor of suicide risk. The UK Government has …

Self-harm, suicidal ideation and attempts among school-attending adolescents in Bamako, Mali

W Yedong, SP Coulibaly, AM Sidibe, T Hesketh - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Suicide and self-harm are major public health concerns for adolescents globally, but there is
a dearth of related research in West Africa. This study aims to examine the prevalence and …

Understanding the impact of children's and young people's self‐harm on parental well‐being: a systematic literature review of qualitative and quantitative findings

F Martin, A Ferrey, L Hobbs, K Lascelles… - Child and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Self‐harm in children and young people is increasing. Parents are vital in
supporting young people; however, parents may experience distress linked to the self‐harm …

Suicidal behaviors and sedentary lifestyles among adolescents: A cross-sectional epidemiological study in Latin American and Caribbean countries

AF Silva, CASA Júnior, PF Hinnig, LRA Lima… - Clinics, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVES: To verify the association between suicidal behaviors (ideation, planning, and
attempts) and sedentary behaviors among adolescents from four Latin American and …

Thoughts of self-harm in early and late pregnancy in urban South Africa: Investigating prevalence, predictors and screening options

S Redinger, RM Pearson, B Houle… - South African Medical …, 2021 - journals.co.za
Background Thoughts of self-harm (TSH) are an important marker of mental health risk, and
risk for attempted and completed suicide. While there is increasing attention being paid to …

Self-inflicted ingestion of harmful chemicals in adolescents and adults: risk factors and characteristics

R Govender, A van Niekerk, TJ Hector, W van Tonder - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Injury due to ingestion of harmful chemicals has become an area of concern
globally. In South Africa, paraffin has been widely implicated in multiple health outcomes …