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International trends in male youth suicide and suicidal behaviour
Timothy Rice1, Anton Livshin2, Zoltan Rihmer3,4
1Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Objective:
Suicide and suicidal behaviour strongly contribute to overall male youth mortality. An understanding of worldwide data contextualises suicide and suicidal behaviour in young men within any given country.
Method:
Members and colleagues of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry's Task Force on Men's Mental Health review the relevant data from several regions of the world. The review identifies notable findings across regions of relevance to researchers, policymakers, and clinicians.
Results:
Male suicide and suicidal behaviour in adolescence and emerging adulthood within North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Continental Africa, South Asia, East Asia, China, and Oceania share similarities as well as significant points of divergence.
Conclusions:
International data provide an opportunity to obtain a superior understanding of suicide and suicidal behaviour amongst young men.
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