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Ethnic differences in adolescent self-poisoning: a comparison of Asian and Caucasian groups
S Handy1, R N Chithiramohan, C G Ballard
1Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, U.K.
Journal of Adolescence
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
A study of self-poisoning in 25 Asian and 25 Caucasian adolescents is presented. Cultural conflicts were the most important factors in the parasuicidal behaviour of Asian children, whereas a variety of factors accounted for the parasuicidal behaviour of Caucasians with a predominance of a disrupted family background. There was little difference in the type of poisoning and the degree of pre-planning between the two groups.