Ethnocultural aspects of suicide in young people: a systematic literature review part 1: Rates and methods of youth suicide.
The study of ethnocultural aspects of suicidal behaviour is, at the moment, still a neglected area. The relatively few studies available are mainly on adults; young people usually are not examined separately. The authors reviewed 82 publications on youth suicide that have addressed, to different degrees, the ethnicity/culture of the population studied. Following a description of the main characteristics shared by these researches (e.g., predominance of studies on Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics; lack of qualitative methodology, etc.), the rates and methods of youth suicide, from a cross-cultural perspective are discussed.
Colucci
Erminia
E
Department of Psychiatry at The University of Queensland, Australia. ecolucci@unimelb.edu.au
Martin
Graham
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000639:trends*