Extensive Research Observes ‘Suicide Contagion’ among Canadian Teens

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According to a newly conducted large Canadian study into “suicide contagion,” it was revealed that young people whose schoolmates commit suicide are more likely and tempted to make an attempt. The term ‘suicide contagion’ implies to the consequent effect of a pre-teens or teens suicide, as it results in schoolmates attempting to contemplate, attempt or die by suicide themselves.

The findings of a published in Tuesday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, researchers’ sampled 22,064 children aged 12 to 17 for survey data from across the country. A Canada Research Chair in mental health epidemiology at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Ian Colman, and his co-author concluded that “suicidality is of utmost public health concern, both as a predictor of suicide and because of its own burden on individuals and society.” During the study, students were inquired if anyone in their school had died and whether they personally knew that person, along with the question if they’d seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year.

Colman and co-author, Sonja Swanson, from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston stated that “our results support school-wide interventions over current targeted interventions” that focus on the close friends of the suicide victim. It was found out that the risk was not affected by any previous depression or anxiety, social support and relationship with the victim. This risk was especially greater among students ranging from 12 to 13 year; who had five times more risk of having suicidal thoughts after exposure to a schoolmate’s suicide than those who had had no exposure.

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