Attempted suicide in Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract

Some suicide-preventive strategies used in the West for young people may be applicable in Vietnam. Reducing access to pesticides and rat poison is comparable to western efforts to make paracetamol or firearms less freely available. Skills in resolving family and other conflicts can be taught in schools according to WHO's suicide-prevention resources for teachers.

Youth at Risk: Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts in Vietnam, China, and Taiwan

“…For example, in a community survey conducted in urban Hanoi among people aged 14 to Ͼ65 years, prevalence rates for lifetime suicidal ideation and attempt were 1.1% and .4%, respectively [9]. Although suicide rates are lower in Vietnam compared with China and Taiwan, youth are still disproportionately represented in Vietnamese suicides [22]. Based on medical records of 509 suicide patients, almost half (48.7%) were between the ages of 15 and 24 years [22].…”

“…Although suicide rates are lower in Vietnam compared with China and Taiwan, youth are still disproportionately represented in Vietnamese suicides [22]. Based on medical records of 509 suicide patients, almost half (48.7%) were between the ages of 15 and 24 years [22].…”

Suicidal ideation and lifetime attempts in substance and gambling disorders

“…However rates of lifetime mental disorder among the general population of Singapore are as low as 12%, substantially lower than that of most western countries (Chong et al, 2012). Researchers have suggested that suicidal acts in Asian countries are more often a result of severe stress from acute life events rather than psychiatric disorders, which tend to be a precursor in Western countries (Thanh et al, 2005).…”

From pesticides to medicinal drugs: time series analyses of methods of self-harm in Sri Lanka

“…22 Since the 1990s, however, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) in China and several Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Viet Nam, have reported the increasing use of medicinal drugs in self-poisoning and this is now the commonest mode of self-harm in urban areas of Malaysia and Viet Nam. [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] There are, however, no corresponding reports of medicinal drugs replacing pesticides as the preferred method of self-harm. The rapid and extensive spread of a novel method of suicide in China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SAR and Taiwan, China) -the burning of charcoal to produce fatal amounts of carbon monoxide -has been attributed to extensive media coverage.…”