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Ethnocultural Aspects of Suicide in Young People: A Systematic Literature Review Part 1: Rates and Methods of Youth Suicide
Author(s) -
Colucci Erminia,
Martin Graham
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1521/suli.2007.37.2.197
Subject(s) - ethnic group , perspective (graphical) , suicide prevention , psychology , population , clinical psychology , suicide rates , psychiatry , poison control , medicine , gerontology , medical emergency , sociology , environmental health , anthropology , artificial intelligence , computer science
The study of ethnocultural aspects of suicidal behaviour is, at the moment, still a neglected area. The relatively few studies available are mainly on adults; young people usually are not examined separately. The authors reviewed 82 publications on youth suicide that have addressed, to different degrees, the ethnicity/culture of the population studied. Following a description of the main characteristics shared by these researches (e.g., predominance of studies on Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics; lack of qualitative methodology, etc.), the rates and methods of youth suicide, from a cross‐cultural perspective are discussed.