Ethnic differences in adolescent self-poisoning: a comparison of Asian and Caucasian groups.
A study of self-poisoning in 25 Asian and 25 Caucasian adolescents is presented. Cultural conflicts were the most important factors in the parasuicidal behaviour of Asian children, whereas a variety of factors accounted for the parasuicidal behaviour of Caucasians with a predominance of a disrupted family background. There was little difference in the type of poisoning and the degree of pre-planning between the two groups.
Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, U.K.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D003469:Culture; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000208:ethnology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology