Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea

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 retrospecti...

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Autores principales: Hong, Minha, Cho, Han Nah, Kim, Ah Reum, Hong, Hyun Ju, Kweon, Yong-Sil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-017-0190-3
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author Hong, Minha
Cho, Han Nah
Kim, Ah Reum
Hong, Hyun Ju
Kweon, Yong-Sil
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description 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. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0190-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-56224402017-10-11 Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea Hong, Minha Cho, Han Nah Kim, Ah Reum Hong, Hyun Ju Kweon, Yong-Sil Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health Research Article 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. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13034-017-0190-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2017-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5622440/ /pubmed/29021825 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-017-0190-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Hong, Hyun Ju
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Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea
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title_short Suicidal deaths in elementary school students in Korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-017-0190-3
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