Name: Suicide
Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc
SKU: 9781536117882
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Suicide

A Global View on Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents

Edited by: Mazyanga L Mazaba, Edited by: Seter Siziya, Edited by: Joav Merrick

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc

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£243.99

Format: Hardback
Pages: 170
ISBN: 9781536117882
Publication Date: 01-Jun-2017

Subjects:
Physiological & neuro-psychology
biopsychology

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Suicidal ideation is a major problem among the youth population in both the developed and developing world, leading in 6% of the deaths among youths globally. In countries considered to have low suicidal behavioral issues such as the Americas, 5,000 suicides occur annually. The chapters in this book are based on an analysis of data from the most recent Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS). The GSHS has been conducted in over 86 countries in all of the World Health Organizations regions. In this book, the authors aim to provide comparable data concerning the mental health of adolescents in 20 countries. The dependent variable used is suicidal ideation, while the independent factors include age, gender, food security, anxiety, loneliness, close friends, truancy, bullying, attachment, violence, smoking cigarettes or marijuana, alcohol abuse and parental understanding.

Mazyanga L Mazaba, BSc, MSc, graduated from the University of Zambia, School of Medicine and currently a laboratory scientist and data manager with the World Health Organization under the Expanded Program on Immunisation (EPI) at Lusaka in Zambia.

Seter Siziya, PhD (The Copperbelt University, School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Public Health Unit, Ndola, Zambia)

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)