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Medicine & Health
Understanding and Preventing Suicide
Suicide is a major public health problem affecting the lives of millions of people around the world and despite significant attention, in many places rates are still increasing.
This PLOS ONE collection brings together a range of studies that together represent the complexity of suicide, including studies from a number of countries from around the world, studies that report on efforts to reduce suicide in different population groups and across different settings along with studies that have used novel approaches to tackle the problem of suicide and its sequelae.
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PLOS ONE Can a social media intervention improve online communication about suicide? A feasibility study examining the acceptability and potential impact of the #chatsafe campaign
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Image creditImage titleTable 1CC BY 2.0PLOS ONE Suicide on YouTube:Factors engaging viewers to a selection of suicide-themed videos
Visual social media platforms can function as both facilitators and intervenors of concerning behaviors. This study focused on one of the…
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PLOS ONE The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
The number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but…
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PLOS ONE Forecasting suicide rates in India: An empirical exposition
Introduction: Suicide is a major social and health issue in India. Yearly statistics show a concerning increasing pattern of suicidal…
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PLOS ONE Do more stress and lower family economic status increase vulnerability to suicidal ideation? Evidence of a U-shaped relationship in a large cross-sectional sample of South Korean adolescents
It is widely held in socio-behavioral studies of suicide that higher levels of stress and lower levels of economic status amplify suicidal…
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PLOS ONE Self-reported history of intensity of smoking is associated with risk factors for suicide among high school students
Objective: To examine the relationship between current cigarette smoking patterns and three established risk factors for suicide using…
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PLOS ONE Suicide along the Australian coast: Exploring the epidemiology and risk factors
Suicide is an increasing global concern with multiple risk factors, yet location-based understanding is limited. In Australia, surf…
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PLOS ONE Gender differences in suicide-related communication of young suicide victims
Objectives: There is limited insight into gender differences in suicide-related communication (SRC) in youths. SRC is defined as “the act…
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PLOS ONE Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders
Exposure to suicide is a major factor for suicidality. Mental health professionals and first responders are often exposed to suicide while…
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PLOS ONE The Werther effect of celebrity suicides: Evidence from South Korea
Since 2003 Korea has experienced the highest suicide rate among OECD countries. One of the societal risk factors that triggers suicide is…
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PLOS ONE A qualitative exploration of young people’s experiences of attempted suicide in the context of alcohol and substance use
The aim of this study was to explore young people’s experiences of the role and the processes underpinning the use of alcohol and/or other…
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PLOS ONE Risk factors of suicidality among married adults: A cross-sectional survey in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
Background: Suicide is a serious public health concern all over the world including Bangladesh. About 9% of the patients admitted with…
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PLOS ONE Everyday ethics of suicide care: Survey of mental health care providers’ perspectives and support needs
Suicide occurs in people of all ages and backgrounds, which negatively affects families, communities, and the health care providers (HCPs)…
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PLOS ONE Suicide in rural Australia: A retrospective study of mental health problems, health-seeking and service utilisation
Background: Suicide rates are higher in rural Australia than in major cities, although the factors contributing to this are not well…
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PLOS ONE Oral health practices and oral hygiene status as indicators of suicidal ideation among adolescents in Southwest Nigeria
Background: Oral health is a less-recognized correlate of overall and mental wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the relationship between…
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PLOS ONE A systematic review and meta-analysis of victimisation and mental health prevalence among LGBTQ+ young people with experiences of self-harm and suicide
Background: LGBTQ+ youth have higher rates of self-harm and suicide than cisgender, heterosexual peers. Less is known about prevalence of…
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PLOS ONE Bearing witness: A grounded theory of the experiences of staff at two United Kingdom Higher Education Institutions following a student death by suicide
Wider networks of people are affected by a suicide death than originally thought, including those whose job-role brings them into contact…
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PLOS ONE A systematic review of controlled studies of suicidal and self-harming behaviours in adolescents following bereavement by suicide
Background: Research suggests that being exposed to the suicide of others increases risk of subsequent suicidal or self-harming thoughts or…
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PLOS ONE The Cedar Project: Relationship between child apprehension and attempted suicide among young Indigenous mothers impacted by substance use in two Canadian cities
Indigenous leaders are gravely concerned over disproportionate representation of Indigenous children in Canada’s child welfare systems.…
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PLOS ONE Patient perspectives on an intervention after suicide attempt: The need for patient centred and individualized care
Background: Many types of intervention exist for suicide attempters, but they tend not to sufficiently consider patient’s views. Aim: To…
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PLOS ONE Predicting self-harm within six months after initial presentation to youth mental health services: A machine learning study
Background: A priority for health services is to reduce self-harm in young people. Predicting self-harm is challenging due to their rarity…
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PLOS ONE Trajectories in suicide attempt method lethality over a five-year period: Associations with suicide attempt repetition, all-cause, and suicide mortality
It is not known if there are discernible patterns in method lethality over successive episodes of self–harm and, if so, how these may be…
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PLOS ONE Self-harm in primary school-aged children: Prospective cohort study
Introduction: No prospective studies have examined the prevalence, antecedents or concurrent characteristics associated with self-harm in…
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Image creditby CC BY 2.0PLOS ONE Serious and persistent suicidality among European sexual minority youth
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents and more knowledge from high risk groups is needed in order to develop…
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PLOS ONE Characterization of time-variant and time-invariant assessment of suicidality on Reddit using C-SSRS
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S (1999-2019). However, predicting when someone will attempt suicide has been nearly…
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PLOS ONE Suicide after reception into prison: A case-control study examining differences in early and late events
Objective: Prisoners constitute a high-risk group for suicide, with suicide rates about 5 to 8 times higher than in the general population.…
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PLOS ONE A direct comparison of theory-driven and machine learning prediction of suicide: A meta-analysis
Theoretically-driven models of suicide have long guided suicidology; however, an approach employing machine learning models has recently…
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PLOS ONE Prediction of suicidal ideation and attempt in 9 and 10 year-old children using transdiagnostic risk features
The objective of the current study was to build predictive models for suicidal ideation in a sample of children aged 9–10 using features…