Cultural Context: Youth Self-harm Suicide research

'We must listen, hear and engage with everyone involved in suicide prevention, including people with lived experience, policymakers, clinicians, and academics. We all have a crucial role to move the conversation forward and prevent suicide.'

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Part of the work for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2024 is understanding experiences people have, world over Our qualitative scoping review in "non-WEIRD" countries focus-young people & parents is underway. 111 papers included, just 21 in Africa, 31 South America, 47 across Asia

It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2024 today How do we achieve this in relation to different cultures & contexts? Our group of international researchers & clinicians meet tomorrow for 3 days to plan research addressing this for young people & their families funded by @GW4Alliance

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Our team from South Korea, Ghana, UK, Rwanda and Brazil are developing research on how young people & families experience youth suicide &self-harm, across different global contexts Check out ccysresearch.wordpress.com for blogs & more @GW4Alliance #mentalhealth #AcademicTwitter

Research in review pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36797822/ by @linongeri1 et al This study in Kenya reveals reasons for suicidal behaviour that are seen in high-income countries, however pulls out important issues for consideration for locally relevant prevention / support interventions

Research in review suicidology-online.com/pdf/SOL-2011-2… Pathways to Suicide Attempts in Nicaraguan Young Men This study draws to our attention the importance of the experience of frustration. A lifestyle of shifting, discontinued social relationships was also described by the men.

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We are doing a scoping review of qualitative research around self-harm & suicide in young people in so-called "non-WEIRD" countries. If you are a student or researcher & want to get involved - let us know! A great way to get together people interested in this topic @IASPinfo

We're just getting going so would love to get in touch with more people interested understanding self-harm and suicide in young people and the importance of culture. Get in touch or give us a follow! @IASPinfo @MHInnovation

We are starting out with a scoping qualitative literature review re: self-harm and suicide in young people. Core aims 1) How have researchers done this work - where, what concepts, with whom etc 2) What themes are there in the qualitative work Your thoughts? #mentalhealth

Made up of researchers from across the GW4 universities (Cardiff, Bath, Exeter, Bristol) and with partners in South Korea, Ghana, and Brazil, we are developing research relating to youth self-harm and suicide.