Non-fatal suicidal behaviour, depression and poverty among young men living in low-resource communities in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is a serious public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the context- and gender-specific risk factors for non-fatal suicidal behaviour is the cornerstone of evidence-based public health interventions to reduce suicide. Poverty and symptoms of depression are well established risk factors for suicidal behaviour. However, little is understood about how proximal economic factors (such as losing one's job, or food insecurity) may confound the effects of symptoms of depression to increase the risk of non-fatal suicidal behaviour in vulnerable populations, such as young men living under conditions of endemic poverty. The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which a wide range of poverty-related variables account for non-fatal suic

SUBMITTER: Bantjes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198370 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature