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OBJECTIVES: This study examined the characteristics of students who participated in the ‘Professional School Visits Outreach Project’ and evaluated the factors affecting self-injury or suicidal attempts.METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, psychiatrists or mental health professionals conducted a semi-structured interview with 296 students, families, and teachers in Chungcheong province and recorded the socioeconomic status (SES), past psychiatric history, current clinical symptoms, and mental status exams. Logistic regression analysis was performed on the variables with differences between the students who had attempted self-harm or suicide and those who had not.RESULTS: The subjects of this study belonged to a relatively low SES. In addition, their provisional diagnosis was mainly attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (38.5%) or depression (29.1%). Approximately 18.2% of students had attempted self-injury or suicide. The variables with differences between students who had attempted self-harm or suicide and those who had not, were female [odds ratio (OR) 2.878, p=0.002], provisional diagnosis of depression (OR 3.045, p=0.001), and a history of bullying victim (OR 1.927, p=0.048). Although the risks of self-injury or suicidal attempts were not increased by child abuse alone, it was increased in girls who experienced both childhood abuse and bullying victim (OR 4.222, p=0.002).CONCLUSION: The ‘Professional School Visits Outreach Project’ provides therapeutic opportunities for low SES and high-risk adolescents with multiple difficulties, such as child abuse, bullying victim, and suicidal behaviors. In addition, the recurrent experience of trauma in girls appears to increase the risk of adolescent self-injury or suicidal attempts.
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Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Bullying , Child Abuse , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depression , Diagnosis , Logistic Models , Mental Health , Psychiatry , Social Class , Suicide , Suicide, AttemptedABSTRACT
RESUMO: Neste artigo abordamos o quotidiano escolar nessa instituição, nas suas primeiras duas décadas e meia de existência, analisando como o modelo pedagógico alternativo se refletiu no controle dos corpos e das almas, nos uniformes, nas noções e práticas de higiene, na limpeza e saúde e como essa dimensão contribuiu para a educação integral dos alunos. O estudo foi desenvolvido com base no espólio documental da própria instituição, assim como na bibliografia publicada sobre o tema, recorrendo também a entrevistas, fotografias e objetos materiais que contribuem para uma compreensão adequada dessa escola nova e inovadora.
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we discuss the school daily life of this institution during its first two and a half decades of existence, analyzing how the alternative pedagogical model has been reflected in the control of bodies and souls, uniforms, notions and practices of hygiene, cleaning and health, and how this dimension has contributed to the comprehensive education of students. The study was developed using the institution's documental collection, as well as the published literature on the theme, also using interviews, photographs and material objects that contribute to an adequate comprehension of this new and innovative school.
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Physical Education and Training , Exercise , Human Body , EducationABSTRACT
1) Common training for the introduction of research and the elective and individual guidance for research should be devised in a manner attractive to graduate students of medicine.<BR>2) To train researchers, a graduate school of clinical medicine should be established as a professional school, separate from an ordinary graduate school.<BR>3) To promote basic medical sciences, the capacity of graduate schools of basic medical sciences should be reduced despite the number of teachers and the bold plan for the financial support of students.