Youth Suicide

Most young people who have committed suicide had been experiencing some type of mental illness, mainly major depression or bipolar disorder.

Follow the links below to find information about youth suicide.

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Youth suicide prevention - the warning signs
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Suicide threats should always be taken seriously. When dealing with a young person with suicidal thoughts, show support and avoid being judgmental. Predicting suicide is difficult, but sometimes a person may show warning signs. Most young people who complete suicide had told someone of their plans.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Helping your children after a suicide
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This article is intended for parents whose children or teenagers have experienced the loss of a friend or another student at school through suicide, although much of the information will apply in other situations.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Teenage depression
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Young people can feel depressed for many reasons and this can vary from feeling a bit 'down' to feeling overwhelming sadness and hopelessness.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Teenage health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Health issues for teenagers include negotiating sex and making choices about social and illicit drug use. Alcohol and cigarettes are the most common drugs used by teenagers. Young men are more likely than young women to take drugs, drink alcohol or commit suicide. Body image can also be associated with health problems including crash dieting, eating disorders and obesity.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Suicide
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Every year around the world, young people lose their lives to suicide. Nearly as many young people die from suicide as die in car accidents.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   If your friend threatens to take their own life
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains some information about what you can do to help a friend if they are feeling suicidal or have threatened to take their own life.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Suicide in teenagers
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Death by suicide (especially by a teenager) is one of the most tragic ways for a life to end.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Morbidity of Vietnams veterans: suicide in Vietnam veterans' children: supplementary report no. 1
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report analyses suicide patterns among Vietnam veterans' children, highlighting time trends, age and sex distribution, location and method of suicide.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Detection and management of young people at risk of suicide: guidelines for primary care providers
Publisher:   Ministry of Youth Affairs (NZ)
Description:   The aim of these guidelines is to assist primary care providers to recognise young people, between 12 and 25, at risk of suicide and provide appropriate management or well informed referral to secondary services.
Date:   Sep 1999
Title:   National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy: setting the evidence-based research for Australia: a literature review
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   The reviews were commissioned to provide a summary of the current state of research in the area of youth suicide, based on both Australian and international data, and to highlight key gaps in knowledge.
Date:   Mar 1999
Title:   Young people at risk of suicide: a guide for schools
Publisher:   Ministry of Education (NZ)
Description:   School-based suicide prevention and management programmes are effective in recognising and providing assistance for young people at risk of suicidal behaviours. These programmes should identify those at risk and seek appropriate support, care and management for them.
Date:   Mar 1998
Title:   Preventing youth suicide
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Common risk factors for youth suicide are outlined and ways that parents may help prevent suicide in their children are suggested.
Date:   Aug 1997
Title:   The prevention, recognition and management of young people at risk of suicide: development of guidelines for schools
Publisher:   Ministry of Education (NZ)
Description:   This report focuses on identifying young people at risk of harming themselves. It suggests a range of actions from monitoring the young person within the school environment to immediate referral to a specialist mental health service.
Date:   Jul 1997
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