Summary
In this review, the research on suicidal behavior among children and adolescents in Austria to date will be summarized. Although the first documented conference on youth suicides took place almost 100 years ago, in 1910, in Vienna, reports on suicidal behavior in children and adolescents in Austria remain scarce. In 1980s, the first autopsy report on youth suicides in Vienna was published. Subsequently, first epidemiological trends on adolescent suicides in Austria were reported. Recently, several studies were conducted which reported on the prevalence of suicide among children and adolescents, suicide trends and suicide methods used, youth risk factors for suicide and attitudes towards suicide, as well as suicidality in youth delinquents. The implications of this data for youth suicide prevention in Austria as well as future research are discussed.
Zusammenfassung
In dieser Übersichtsarbeit werden bisherige Forschungsergebnisse über suizidales Verhalten bei österreichischen Kindern und Jugendlichen zusammengefasst. Die erste dokumentierte Konferenz über Suizide bei Jugendlichen fand vor fast 100 Jahren, im Jahre 1910, in Wien statt. Jedoch sind wissenschaftliche Berichte über suizidales Verhalten bei Kindern und Jugendlichen in Österreich immer noch rar. In den 1980er-Jahren wurde eine Studie der obduzierten Jugendlichen, die durch Suizid ihr Leben verloren haben publiziert. Daraufhin wurden erstmals die epidemiologischen Trends für Suizide bei Jugendlichen österreichweit berichtet. Rezente Studien untersuchten Prävalenz der Suizide unter Kindern und Jugendlichen, Suizidtrends und Suizidmethoden, Risikofaktoren für Suizid bei Jugendlichen und ihre Einstellungen zum Suizid, sowie Suizidalität bei straffälligen Jugendlichen. Implikationen dieser Forschungsergebnisse für die Suizidprävention im Kindes- und Jugendalter in Österreich sowie für die weitere Forschung in diesem Bereich werden diskutiert.
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Dervic, K., Friedrich, M. & Sonneck, G. Suizidales Verhalten bei österreichischen Kindern und Jugendlichen. Psychiatrie 3, 133–139 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11326-007-0068-8
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