title: How do young people in Cambodia perceive the impact of societal attitudes, media and religion on suicidal behaviour?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Young people in low and middle income countries (LMICs) in societal transitions with rapidly changing norms face an increased risk of suicide. This study explores how young people in Cambodia understand the impact on suicidal behaviour from societal attitudes, media and religion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Focus group discussions were held with school students from a suburban area. Thematic analysis was used to interpret the data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participants perceived the prevailing suicide-stigmatizing societal attitudes, the double-edged media and suicide-ambiguity in Buddhist religion as challenging. Globalization was recognized as contradicting with traditional Cambodian norms and values.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicide prevention programmes should take into consideration the complex picture of suicide that young people are exposed to.
authors.affiliation: Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Chey Chumneas Referral Hospital, Takhmau, Cambodia Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bhoomikumar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jegannathan
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kullgren
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Global Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden kjerstin.dahlblom@umu.se.
authors.forename: Kjerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dahlblom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002160:Cambodia; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010465:Perception; D012067:Religion; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012919:Social Behavior; D057545:Social Stigma; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: Cambodia; Societal attitudes; media; religion; suicide; young people