Community-based participatory research: Suicide prevention for youth at highest risk in Guyana.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
; 51(2): 189-196, 2021 04.
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ABSTRACT
Studied mostly in developed countries, the increased prevalence of suicide among youth, worldwide, is a preventable public health concern. Guyana, a developing country in South America, has the highest rate of youth death by suicide. Based on the diathesis-stress model, this community-based study aimed to identify both psychiatric and biological factors associated with repeated suicide attempts among high-risk youth. OBJECTIVE:
We measured psychiatric symptoms, childhood traumas, and cortisol to identify correlates with recurrent suicide attempts.METHOD:
Poisson regression tested the association between psychiatric symptoms, trauma, and cortisol levels on number of suicide attempts among 50 youths from three child welfare orphanages in Guyana. Sixty-six percent were female, and the average age was 14 years. DSM-5 symptom measure was administered and saliva samples collected.RESULTS:
Fifty percent of the youth endorsed suicide attempt. Within this subsample, a minimum of one and maximum of five suicide attempts were self-reported. Participants' number of suicide attempts was positively associated with number of past traumas, psychosis, and depression symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Suicide prevention screening among at-risk youth should target severity of psychosis and depression reports and number of traumatic life experiences.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tentativa de Suicídio
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Pesquisa Participativa Baseada na Comunidade
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article