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“Why I tried to kill myself”—an exploration of the factors contributing to suicide in the Waterberg District
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PM Mpiana --- Dr Hugh Twomey Health Care Centre, Canada GJO Marincowitz --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Limpopo Province Unit, S Ragavan --- Broken Hill Hospital, Australia N Malete --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South AfricaBackground: One of the authors (PM) did a study of parasuicide patients at Voortrekker Hospital in the Waterberg District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. The aim of the study was to develop a deeper understanding of the parasuicide patients' perceptions... -
Suicide cases investigated at the state mortuary in Bloemfontein, 2003–2007
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: K Stark --- Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Struwig --- Faculty of Health Sciences, M Pretorius --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Merwe N Van der H Botha J Kotzé D KrynauwBackground: Up to 8 000 South Africans commit suicide annually. This study aimed to investigate the profile of suicide cases in Bloemfontein and the southern Free State province. -
Associations between family suicide and personal suicidal behaviour among youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: NBM Vawda --- Department of Behavioural Medicine,Background: For every suicide, a minimum of six people are affected. Given the increasing number of suicide deaths in South Africa, the associations between the suicide of a family member and personal suicidal behaviour were explored in grade 8 students. -
Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physician-assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation. Is there a difference if death is foreseen, but... -
Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of suicidal patients requiring admission to hospitals south of Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SS Naidoo --- Department of Family Medicine, L Schlebusch --- Department of Behavioural Medicine,Background: Suicidal behaviour has become a major public health concern worldwide. Non-fatal suicidal attempts outnumber fatal episodes by wide-ranging figures across, and within, many countries. Approximately 6 500 suicides and 130 000 suicide attempts occur annually in South Africa, with... -
Suicide ideation and depression in university students in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Iram Korb --- Department of Psychology, Botswana Ilse Elisabeth Plattner --- Department of Psychology, BotswanaThe study aimed at exploring suicide ideation and its relationship to depression in university students in Botswana. Data were collected from 122 undergraduate students (68.9% females, 31.1% males) with a mean age of 20.02 years. Depressive symptoms were measured with... -
Unmasking depression in persons attempting suicide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Soornarain S Naidoo --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Uvistra Naidoo --- College of Health Sciences, South Africa Ashantha Naidoo --- College of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Suicidal behaviour is highly prevalent and increasing at an alarming rate among all socio-demographic groupings in South Africa. Approximately 9.5% of all unnatural deaths in young people in South Africa are due to suicide. The ratio of non-fatal suicide... -
An evaluation of factors underlying suicide attempts in patients presenting at George Hospital emergency centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Raubenheimer --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa LS Jenkins --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Roughly 130 patients are seen daily in the emergency centre (EC) at George Provincial Hospital (GPH), of whom one or two will have attempted suicide. GPH serves the population of Eden and Central Karoo Districts. Little is known about... -
Clinical correlates of suicidality among individuals with HIV infection and AIDS disease in Mbarara, Uganda
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Godfrey Zari Rukundo --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Eugene Kinyanda --- Department of Psychiatry, Uganda Brian Mishara --- Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia and Psychology Department, CanadaThe association between suicidality and HIV/AIDS has been demonstrated for three decades, but little is know about risk factors that can help understand this association and help identify who is most at risk. Few research studies have been conducted in... -
Lifestyle and mental health among school-going adolescents in Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Thailand Supa Pengpid --- ASEAN Institute for Health Development, ThailandThis study examined the association between lifestyle behaviours and psychological distress indicators among school-going adolescents. The analysis included 4 531 school children, 11–18 years of age, who completed the Namibia Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in 2013. Multivariable logistic... -
Resilience and suicide ideation: Coping mediator-moderator effects among adolescent learners
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ancel George --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Reinier Moolman --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThe current study aimed to investigate the influence of coping on the relationship between resilience and adolescent suicide ideation among secondary learners in the Free State Province, South Africa (n = 495; female = 61.6%; black = 55%, white =... -
Jail duration, demographic characteristics of offenders, and acquired suicide capability
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ajiboye Isaac Oyeleke1 --- Department of Social Work / Social Development, South Africa Pius TangweTanga --- Department of Social Work / Social Development, South Africa Ajibola Abdulrahamon Ishola --- Department of Psychology, NigeriaThe study sought to predict the acquired capability for suicide from length of sentence and socio-demographic characteristics of offenders in a Nigerian prison population. Participants were 139 inmates (mean age = 33.67, SD = 9.24years; mean length of stay = 6.25 years, SD = 5.02years), males (95.7%), They... -
The profile of deliberate self-poisoning cases presenting at the emergency department of Pelonomi Regional Hospital, Bloemfontein
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MOA Benedict --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa CJ van Loggerenberg --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa WJ Steinberg --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: A common method engaged in suicide is deliberate self-poisoning (DSP). Substances implicated in DSP include prescription and over-the-counter medicines, drugs, household chemicals, agrochemicals and herbal mixtures. Few studies have been conducted on DSP in South Africa, despite its occurrence... -
Homicide–suicide: practical implications for risk reduction and support services at primary care level
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: C Kotzé --- Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital/Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, South Africa JL Roos --- Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital/Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, South AfricaHomicide–suicide (HS) has been defined as homicide committed by a person who subsequently commits suicide within one week of the homicide. In most cases it occurs within 24 hours. HS is a public health problem, victimising not only those directly... -
The psychosocial needs of parents of adolescents who attempt suicide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Vangi E. Ngwane --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Anna E. van der Wath --- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaThis qualitative study explored and described the psychosocial needs of parents of adolescents who had recently attempted suicide. Ten purposively selected parents (females = 10; age range 29 to 59) participated in semi-structured individual interviews on their lived experiences after... -
Perspectives of college students on the causes and prevention of suicide in Nigerian universities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Diane Ezeh Aruah --- , Nigeria Onwuama Michael Emeka --- , Nigeria Virginia Obioma Eze --- , Nigeria Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo --- , Nigeria George Chibuike Agbo --- , NigeriaWe explored how university students make sense of suicide experience and prevention. Informants were 20 students attending a public university in Nigeria (females = 50%; age range = 19 to 46 years). The students completed a semi-structured interview on the... -
Suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts: Prevalence and associated factors in school-going adolescents in Sierra Leone in 2017
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- , South Africa Supa Pengpid --- , ThailandThe study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts among middle school students in Sierra Leone. We accessed an existing data set of 2 798 adolescents (median age = 15 years) that responded to... -
Factors associated with single and multiple suicide attempts in adolescent school children in Morocco: A national cross-sectional survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Karl Peltzer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Supa Pengpid --- Mahidol University, ThailandThe study aimed to assess factors associated with multiple suicide attempts (MSA) in adolescents with a history of suicide attempts in Morocco. National cross-sectional data from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in Morocco in 2016 were analysed. Students... -
Developing and validating a training package for the provision of telephone crisis intervention services to children and adolescents at risk of suicide
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Maedeh Parvizi --- Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Zahra Shahrivar --- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Nasrin Dodangi --- Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran Salman Ghaderi --- Social Emergency Center of the Welfare Organization, Iran Saeid Norouzi --- Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran Elham Salari --- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran Mojgan Khademi --- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran Fariba Arabgol --- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran Javad Mahmoudi-Gharaei --- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, IranBackground: Telephone crisis intervention is a readily available and discreet method through which troubled youths can seek assistance. -
Risk and protective factors of suicide ideation and attempts among justice-involved black girls: A latent profile analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Lin Liu --- University of Florida, United States of AmericaBackground: Justice-involved female youth from minority racial groups are a hard-to-reach youth population that are removed from schools, families, and communities. They are under-represented in school survey data. The present study aimed to utilise the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide to... -
Who will be more likely to seek help? The relationship between suicidal ideation, suicide literacy, attitudes toward suicide and help-seeking intention in male and female adolescents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Bich-Phuong Vu --- RMIT University Vietnam, Vietnam Ha-Giang Nguyen --- University of Education, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam Hoang-Minh Dang --- University of Education, Vietnam National University Hanoi, VietnamObjectives: Among adolescents, suicide is a critical global concern, yet research is limited in low- and middle-income countries. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the interrelations among suicide-related factors (specifically, suicidal ideation, suicide literacy, attitudes toward suicide,...