Erschienen in:
19.03.2020 | Letter to the Editor
Student Suicide Risk and Gender: A Retrospective Study from Bangladeshi Press Reports
verfasst von:
Mohammed A. Mamun, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Mark D. Griffiths
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
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Ausgabe 3/2022
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Excerpt
According to the World Health Organization (WHO
2018), suicide has become the second leading cause of fatality among the 15–29-year-old age group where many of whom are likely to be students. Similar findings have already been reported in Bangladesh. Previous research in Bangladesh reported approximately 61% of total suicide cases were found to be below the age of 30 years (Shah et al.
2017). In a recent systematic review, the mediating critical factors of student suicide included stressful academic environments, trouble with personal and familial relationships, internal family and parental problems, financial distress, alcohol and drug use, exposure to traumatic events, feelings of social isolation, and other mental health problems (i.e., depression, hopelessness, loneliness, anxiety, etc.) (Yozwiak et al.
2012). These are similar to those reported in Bangladesh, i.e., relationship complexities, academic problems, parental relationship problems, etc. (Arafat and Mamun
2019; Mamun and Griffiths
2020; Mamun et al.
2020). …
