Do schools differ in suicide risk? The influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of suicide and poor mental health are high in environments (neighbourhoods and institutions) where individuals have only weak social ties, feel socially disconnected and experience anomie - a mismatch between individual and community norms and values. Young people spend much of their time within the school environment, but the influence of school context (school connectedness, ethos and contextual factors such as school size or denomination) on suicide-risk is understudied. Our aim is to explore if school context is associated with rates of attempted suicide and suicide-risk at age 15 and self-harm at age 19, adjusting for confounders.

Methods

A longitudinal school-based survey of 1698 young people surveyed when aged 11, (primary school), 15 (secondary schoo

SUBMITTER: Young R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280202 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature