Non-fatal suicidal and life-threatening behavior among 13- to 17-year old adolescents seeking emergency medical care.

Deykin, Eva Y.; Perlow, Richard; Mcnamarra, John J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.75.1.90

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“…This implies that Taiwanese girls tend to use SITBs as a solution when facing emotional stress. However, with regard to SG, in the present study, the prevalence rate in boys was slighty higher than that in girls, which differs from findings in the literature (Deykin, Perlow, & McNamarra, ; Nock & Kessler, ). As there were only a few cases of SG in our sample, the different pattern in the prevalence of SG by gender in the present study may be partially explained by our insufficient sample size.…”

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Internet Use and Web Communication Networks, Sources of Social Support, and Forms of Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury Among Adolescents: Different Patterns Between Genders

Tseng

Yang

2014

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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The relationships of Internet use, web communication, and sources of social support with adolescent self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) in Taiwan were investigated. The study sample of 391 12 to 18-year-olds was selected from nine public high schools. Findings show that girls are more likely to have SITBs, except for suicide gestures. Web communication is a risk factor for SITBs in boys but not in girls. Family support is protective in both genders. Support from friends is protective and support from significant others was a risk factor for suicide plans in girls. Support from virtual social communities can have both positive and negative effects on adolescent SITBs, with different effects by gender.

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confidence: 99%

Internet Use and Web Communication Networks, Sources of Social Support, and Forms of Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury Among Adolescents: Different Patterns Between Genders

Tseng

Yang

2014

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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“…Similar findings were reported in other studies [6,12]. Deliberate poisonings among children younger than 15 years old are usually found to be of low suicidal intent [12], a finding also evident in our study since the frequency of symptomatic cases was extremely low (6.7%).…”

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confidence: 93%

The epidemiology of childhood poisonings in Cyprus

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Information on childhood poisonings in Cyprus is limited. Our objective was to examine the epidemiology of poisonings among children in Cyprus. All children up to 15 years of age admitted for poisoning to the Archbishop Makarios Hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus between 2005 and 2008 were included in our study. All hospital poisoning records were reviewed. A total of 257 children were admitted for poisoning. The mean age of children was 3.1 years, of which 83.7% were below the age of 5 years old, while 53% were boys. The poisoning hospitalizations accounted for about 3% of all admissions to the pediatric department during the study period (4 years). The annual cumulative incidence of childhood poisoning hospitalizations was 116 per 100,000 children. Medications accounted for 46.1% of all poisonings, the most frequent cause being paracetamol (9.8%), cardiovascular medications (5.3%), antitussive medications (4.5%), and other painkillers (4.1%). Another 37.6% of hospitalizations involved household products such as household cleaning products (11.8%), petroleum products (11.0%), and rodenticides (5.7%). Among children who ingested petroleum distillates, 55.6% developed clinical symptomatology. The vast majority of cases were accidental (93.8%). Suicidal cases involved children 8-14 years old, mainly girls, and the most frequent poisoning ingested was paracetamol (46.7%). Poisoning hospitalizations represent an important cause of morbidity among children in Cyprus. Preventive strategies should include the education of caregivers on the handling of medications and household products as well as legislation requiring child-resistant packaging for all medications and household products including petroleum distillates.

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“…Suicide is very rare below age 12 years (Shaffer, 1974). The female:male ratio of the patients in the present study was high (6.5:1 in 12–14‐year‐olds), in keeping with other samples (Walker, 1980; Deykin, Perlow, & McNamarra, 1985). Possible reasons for this include girls having an earlier puberty, more girls developing symptoms of depression and anxiety (Coleman & Schofield, 2005), their tending to be more intropunitive than boys in their expression of distress, and, perhaps, finding DSH more acceptable (Hawton, 1986).…”

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confidence: 90%