Suicide attempts, plans, and ideation in culturally diverse sites: the WHO SUPRE-MISS community survey

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Authors

José Manoel Bertolote · World Health Organization

Alexandra Fleischmann · World Health Organization

Diego De Leo · Griffith University

Jafar Bolhari

Neury José Botega · Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Damani De Silva · University of Colombo

Hương Trần Thị Thanh · Hanoi Medical University

Abstract

The idea of the suicidal process as a continuous and smooth evolution from thoughts to plans and attempts of suicide needs to be further investigated as it seems to be dependent on the cultural setting. There are indications, that the burden of undetected attempted suicide is high in different cultures; an improved response from the health sector on how to identify and support these individuals is needed.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Mental Health Treatment and Access Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Psychological Medicine

Volume 35, Issue 10, pp. 1457-1465

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291705005404

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