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Suicidal Behavior among “Normal” High School Students
Author(s) -
Smith Kim,
Crawford Sylvia
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1986.tb01013.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , psychology , suicide attempt , suicidal behavior , suicide ideation , clinical psychology , action (physics) , suicide prevention , ideation , psychiatry , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , physics , quantum mechanics , cognitive science
The findings of a pilot study, focusing on suicidal behaviors among 313 high school students in the Midwest, are discussed. Of all the students who participated in the study, 62.6% reported some degree of suicidal ideation or action, including 8.4% who had actually made a suicide attempt. The current study provides a linchpin between the studies of adolescent suicide attempt rates and the studies reporting on percentages of adolescents who made suicide attempts. When the percentage of attempters who made attempts but did not seek medical help is taken under consideration, these two groups of studies become equivalent. Apparently, suicide is a personal concern for most high school students—a problem that warrants immediate attention.