TAILIEUCHUNG - Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea

The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of childhood suicidal deaths among elementary school students that occurred from 2011 to 2015 in Korea. | Hong et al. ChildAdolesc PsychiatryMent Health 2017 11 53 DOI S13034-017-0190-3 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health RESEARCH ARTICLE Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea Open Access CrossMark Minha Hong1 Han Nah Cho2 Ah Reum Kim2 Hyun Ju Hong2 3 and Yong-Sil Kweon2 4 Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of childhood suicidal deaths among elementary school students that occurred from 2011 to 2015 in Korea. Methods The report form of each suicide case by the teacher in charge to the Education Ministry was reviewed retrospectively. Results There were 19 suicidal deaths 12 boys 7 girls in elementary school students. The youngest case was a third grader n 1 . Jumping from heights n 12 was the most frequently used method. Most suicides n 12 were committed in their homes. Conclusion These results highlight the alarming trend of early suicidal deaths and the importance of early suicide prevention strategies especially in schools. Keywords Childhood Suicide Death Characteristics Background Suicide rate in Korea is the highest among the organization for economic cooperation and development OECD countries therefore child and adolescent suicide is also a major concern in public health. Additionally suicide ranks consistently among the leading causes of death in youth globally 1 . Although there is a growing research interest in suicide in the earlier period of life 2-4 we still have insufficient knowledge about childhood suicide. It has been assumed that children are prevented from engaging in deliberate acts to take their own life due to their limited cognitive ability to understand death and or plan a lethal attempt. 5 6 . On the other hand another view is that most children acquire the concept of death and suicide by the age of 8 and are capable of planning and executing suicide 7 . According to the National Statistical Office of Korea the reported suicide cases among children aged 5-9 .

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• Adolescent psychiatry
• Mental health
• Suicide rate in Korea
• Especially in schools
• Education Ministry
• Teaching child and adolescent psychiatry
• German speaking countries
• Child psychiatry
• Child mental health
• Clinician rated mental health
• Adolescent mental health services
• Teacher and adolescent ratings
• Non suicidal self injury
• Borderline personality disorder
• Forensic psychiatry
• Ethical issues
• Juvenile offenders
• The mentally disordered offender
• Ethics in forensic psychiatry
• Deviant and sick medical staff
• Cross institutional cooperation
• Youth welfare services
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Health care
• Social services
• Growing public health
• Mental disorder
• World Psychiatric Association
• World Association for Infant Mental Health
• Child mental health services
• Clinic profile
• Substance use
• Photo elicitation
• Family functioning
• Qualitative methods
• Mental disorders
• Health system
• Therapeutic alliance
• Residential psychiatry
• Multilevel analyses
• Routine outcome measurement
• Youth psychiatry
• Child semi residential psychiatric
• BMC Pediatrics
• Sleep medications
• Adolescent psychiatrists
• Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Psychotropic drugs
• Adolescent girls
• Anorexia nervosa
• Body image dissatisfaction
• Body image figure drawings
• Ethnic differences
• Child and adolescent psychiatric care
• Ethical considerations
• Diary method
• Qualitative content analysis
• Gender dysphoria
• Sex reassignment
• Adolescent development
• Clinical characteristics
• Adolescent females
• Children Depression Inventory
• Adolescent psychiatric clinics
• Neighbourhood social characteristics
• Psychiatric care
• Parent experiences questionnaire
• Outpatient child
• Self harm
• Adolescent health
• Subsequent risk
• Genetic diagnose
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• Child mental health curriculum
• Low income country
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• WHO mhGAP intervention guide
• Program evaluation
• Migrating workers
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• Advanced education
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• Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
• Standardized assessment
• Mental health service
• Adolescent psychiatric
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