scholarly journals Sexual Orientation and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts: a Multi-centre Cross-Sectional Study in Three Asian Cities

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiguo Lian ◽  
Xiayun Zuo ◽  
Chaohua Lou ◽  
Ersheng Gao ◽  
Yan Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Asian Cities

Religious Beliefs along the Suicidal Path in Northern Taiwan

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Kai Fang ◽  
Hsin-Chin Lu ◽  
Shen-Ing Liu ◽  
Yi-Wen Sun
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Suicidal Tendency ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Northern Taiwan

This study aimed to understand the current inclinations toward depression and compulsion for members of four different religious groups, and to predict religious beliefs along the suicide path through analyzing the lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts for members of these religious groups. Participants in this cross-sectional study, which adopted purposive sampling, were members of Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Taoism in northern Taiwan. In the case of suicide experiences, suicides among people one knows, and tendency toward compulsion and depression, there are statistical differences between the four religions. According to the results, some people with suicidal tendency will attend religious activities; therefore, we predict that religious beliefs play an important role in suicide prevention.

Self-Reported Conversion Efforts and Suicidality Among US LGBTQ Youths and Young Adults, 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (8) ◽  
pp. 1221-1227
Author(s):  
Amy E. Green ◽  
Myeshia Price-Feeney ◽  
Samuel H. Dorison ◽  
Casey J. Pick
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Objectives. To explore associations between undergoing sexual orientation or gender identity conversion efforts (SOGICE) and suicidality among young LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning) individuals. Methods. Data were derived from a 2018 online cross-sectional study of young LGBTQ individuals (13–24 years of age) residing in the United States. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the relative odds of suicidality among young LGBTQ individuals who experienced SOGICE (in comparison with those who did not) after adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, geography, parents’ use of religion to say negative things about being LGBTQ, sexual orientation, gender identity, discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity, and physical threats or harm because of sexual orientation or gender identity. Results. Relative to young people who had not experienced SOGICE, those who reported undergoing SOGICE were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide and having multiple suicide attempts. Conclusions. The elevated odds of suicidality observed among young LGBTQ individuals exposed to SOGICE underscore the detrimental effects of this unethical practice in a population that already experiences significantly greater risks for suicidality.

scholarly journals The Role of Oxidative Stress in Suicidal Behaviour Among Bipolar Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Malaysian Sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiann Lin Loo ◽  
Nurul Ain Mohamad Kamal ◽  
Jo Aan Goon ◽  
Hanafi Ahmad Damanhuri ◽  
Jaclyn Ai Chin Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bipolar Patients

Background: Oxidative stress markers are found to be linked with depression and suicide attempts in bipolar disorder (BD), although the role of DNA damage as a marker of suicidal ideation and attempt has yet to be determined. We aim to investigate the association between DNA damage and suicidal behaviour, i.e., suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, among suicidal ideators in BD patients while accounting for clinical and psychosocial risk factors.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre on 62 consecutive BD patients diagnosed using the M.I.N.I. Neuropsychiatric Interview and 26 healthy control participants. Socio-demographic and clinical assessments were performed using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) for lifetime suicidal ideation and attempt, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) for depression severity, Clinical Global Impression for Bipolar Disorder (CGI-BD) for illness severity [both mania (CGI-Mania) and major depressive episode (CGI-MDE)], Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) for change in life events, and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) for behavioural impulsivity. The degree of DNA damage in peripheral blood samples was determined using a standard protocol of comet assay.Results: Multivariable logistic regression revealed higher scores of CGI-MDE as the sole significant factor for lifetime suicidal ideation (OR = 1.937, 95% CI = 1.799–2.076). Although initial bivariate analysis showed a significant association between DNA damage, malondialdehyde (MDA), catalase (CAT), and suicidal behaviour, the findings were not seen in multivariable logistic regression. Bivariate subgroup analysis showed that moderate and severe DNA damage (p = 0.032 and p = 0.047, respectively) was significantly associated with lifetime suicide attempts among lifetime suicidal ideators. The study is the first to look at the connexion between DNA damage and suicidal risk in bipolar patients. It is limited by the small sample size and lack of information on illicit substance use.Conclusions: More severe DNA damage was significantly associated with lifetime suicide attempts among lifetime suicidal ideators in BD. However, the severity of depression was found to be independently associated with lifetime suicidal ideation per se rather than DNA damage in BD. Larger prospective studies are required to ascertain the potential of DNA damage as a biomarker for the transition from suicidal ideation to a suicide attempt.

scholarly journals Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempts in Chinese Adolescents Involved in Different Sub-types of Bullying: A Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Peng ◽  
Wenzhu Hu ◽  
Shanshan Yuan ◽  
Jingjing Xiang ◽  
Chun Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Relational Bullying ◽  
Self Harm

Background: Bullying tends to peak during adolescence, and it is an important risk factor of self-harm and suicide. However, research on the specific effect of different sub-types of bullying is limited.Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the associations between four common forms of bullying (verbal, physical, relational, and cyber) and self-harm, suicidal ideation (SI), and suicide attempts (SA).Method: This was a cross-sectional study of a sample including 4,241 Chinese students (55.8% boys) aged 11 to 18 years. Bullying involvement, self-harm, SI, and SA were measured via The Juvenile Campus Violence Questionnaire (JCVQ). The association was examined through multinomial logistic regression analysis, adjusted for demographic characteristics and psychological distress.Results: Bullying victimization and perpetration were reported by 18.0 and 10.7% of participants. The prevalence of self-harm, SI, and SA were 11.8, 11.8, and 7.1%, respectively. Relational bullying victimization and perpetration were significantly associated with SI only, SI plus self-harm, and SA. Physical bullying victimization and perpetration were risk factors of self-harm only and SA. Verbal victimization was significantly associated with SI only. Cyber perpetration was a risk factor of SA.Conclusions: The findings highlight the different effects of sub-types of bullying on self-harm and suicidal risk. Anti-bullying intervention and suicide prevention efforts should be prior to adolescents who are involved in physical and relational bullying.

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