Substance abuse is common issue in youth and may influence youth's suicide thoughts or actions. It can lead to social isolation, low self-esteem, loss of work or school, estrangement from family and friends – all these may create a core of stresses that may lead to suicidal tendencies.Analysis addictive factors correlating with occurrence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among adolescents at the age of 18–20.Study was based on authorial, previously validated questionnaire, included 16 questions about suicidal thoughts. Questionnaires were filled by adolescents (age 18–20) of 21 Secondary Schools in Katowice.From the group of 965 adolescents, 28.8% had suicidal thoughts. From all respondents: 31.3% smoked, 92.7% drunk alcohol, 16.0% used legal hights and 30.9% – drugs; 35.8% of smoking adolescents had suicidal thoughts. In group of non-smoked adolescents – 25.6%. There was statistical significant difference (P = 0.0012) between these groups. Among adolescents who drunk alcohol, 28.8% had suicidal thoughts. In the group of non –drinking alcohol adolescents – 27.9%. There was no statistical significant differences (P = 0.88233) between these groups. There were 43.7% adolescents with suicidal thoughts who used legal hights. In the group of non-users of legal hights, 26.0% adolescents had suicidal thoughts.Adolescents that are using examined stimulants are in the group risk of suicidal thoughts and autodestructive behaviours. Results show the need of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic support that is aiming to prevent suicides and autodestructive behaviours in this group. Screening questionnaires that are assessing the problem of addiction within the adolescent may help to identity persons with suicidal tendencies.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of suicidal tendencies among adolescents at the age of 18-20.
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by loss of cognitive skills. The level of cognitive impairment may affect the degree of impulsiveness, which is defined as a constant willingness to take risks, unplanned activities, rapid decision-making. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the correlation between the level of cognitive functioning and impulsivity. Methods: The total number of 32 patients (8 female and 15 male) were hospitalized for schizophrenia. They were examined with the Verbal Fluency Test , Trail Making Test (TMT A and B) and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11a). The results of the BIS-11a were converted to the BIS-11. Results: The mean age of the patients was 34.9 (± 8.75). The average time from the end of education-10 (± 8.4) years. A higher degree of correlation between abnormal responses in Verbal Fluency (parts measuring phonemic verbal fluency) and impulsiveness (r = 0.61, p = 0.04) was found. These correlation referred also to the impulsiveness resulting from the lack of planning (r = 0.67, p = 0.01) , attention impulsiveness (r = 0.46, p = 0.04) and motor impulsiveness (r = 0.48, p = 0.03). The correlation between TMT and BIS (r =-0.1 part, Part B r =-0.25) was not significant (p> 0.05). Conclusion: The above results are preliminary and the research project will be continued.
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