Resource Tag: BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS

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This study aims to determine if cigarette smoking is associated with engaging in other health-risk behaviours among high school students in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires were given to 1,466 students in senior high schol in Okinawa. In the logistic regression models, controlled for sociodemographic variables, smoking was significantly associated with all health-risk behaviours, including suicide ideation, […]

This study investigated the relationship between dangerousness in intimate partner relationships & victims’ mental health &/or health behaviour problems. Health records of 387 women in a domestic violence shelter were reviewed. Of these, 177 were eligible for this study. Higher dangerousness assessment scores were significantly associated with mental health symptoms & health behavaiours, including anxiety, […]

The study evaluated prevalence & risk factors associated with suicide ideation in a randomly drawn sample of 2,112 women, aged 18-59 years, & enrolled in family assistance programs. The overall prevalence rate of suicide ideation was not substantially higher than that found in other populations. Emotional difficulties, substance abuse/dependence, physical limitations, having been arrested, & […]

In two previously described samples of 53 & 43 nations, higher suicide rates of men, women, & the elderly population consistently corresponded to lighter skin colour. This ecological, aggregate-level association was independent of national differences in affluence, as measured by per capita Gross Domestic Product. (13 refs.)

Trends in social & behavioural characteristics, life expectancy, & mortality patterns of immigrants & American-born citizens from 1979-2003 were analyzed. National mortality & census data were used to examine nativity differentials over time in health & social characteristics. Nativity differentials in mortality increased over time for major cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory diseases, unintentional injuries, […]

The Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders & Schizophrenia (present version) was administered to parents (about their children) & in face-to-face interview with 916 children & adolescents with major depressive disorder. Depressed adolescents had significantly more hopelessness/helplessness, lack of energy/tiredness, hypersomnia, weight loss, & suicidality compared with children. Depressed female adolescnts had significantly more suicidality than […]

This preliminary study examined health education content areas taught by home school educators in Indiana. An instrument was developed, piloted, & administered to a random sample of 600 home school educators. Results indicate most taught a variety of health education topics with first aid, physical activity & fitness, & nutrition & diet being taught most […]

Suicide has traditionally been viewed as a deviant act because it contributes to a climate in which individual life is devalued. Yet, as the author argues in this chapter, the line between suicide that is viewed as being justified (e.g. a person with a terminal illness) & suicide that is for the wrong reasons (e.g. […]

This report summarizes results from 36 state surveys & 10 local surveys conducted among representative samples os school principals & lead health education teachers. Characteristis of health education programs in middle, junior, & senior high schools were studied. The median percentage of schools that tried to increase student knowledge in selected topics, including suicide prevention, […]

The current extent & patterns of physical & mental health indicators & risky behaviour among Ontario students enrolled in Grades 7-12 is summarized using data from the 2007 Ontario Student Drug Use & Health Survey. About 10% of students, representing about 103,000 Ontario students, reported they had seriously considered suicide during the past year. About […]

Relationships between reported visual impairment & suicide were examined using structural equation modelling. Data was gathered from the American annual cross-section multistage area probability surveys, 1986-1999. 200 suicides were identified. After controlling for survey design, age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, number of nonocular health conditions, & self-rated health, the direct effect of visual impairment on […]

The author comments on promising changes in public & political perceptions of youth suicide & examines how it can be reduced.

A questionnaire was conducted with a total of 2763 elderly Japanese to clarify the prevalence of depression in a rural community & to evaluate the social & familial risk factors for depression. The determined prevalence of depressive symptoms was 10.4%. Logistic regression analysis showed associations between depressive symptoms & age, absence of a friendly companion, […]

The authors assert that focussing on issues of body weight alone negatively impacts community health overall. The mental health consequences of this focus are examined. The pervasive stigma obese individuals face is evidenced in research which has found an increased likelihood of depression, suicidal thoughts, & suicide attempts. (37 refs.)

This study determined the prevalence of posttraumatic stress symptoms in Brazilian police officers & compared groups with & without these symptoms in terms of associated morbidity. 157 male officers from an elite unit completed questionnaires. Prevalence rates of full posttraumatic stress disorder & partial posttraumatic stress disorder were 8.9% & 16%, respectively. Police officers with […]

The neuropathological correlates of suicide in older persons have received little research attention. The authors’ recent study of 143 elderly Australian suicide victims, unlike a previous case-control study, did not find an increased prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease despite a history of dementia in 6.3%. Clinicopathological data on 3 cases are presented. (56 refs.)

Although the high rate of suicide in elderly people is conventionally explained as being due to greater intent to die, elderly Sri Lankans have died after relatively mild poisoning. The effect of age on outcome was examined in 1697 patients, controlling for gender & amount ingested. In fully adjusted models, people over 64-years-old were 13.8 […]

The orexins are recently discovered hypothalamic peptides involved in the regulation of sleep, appetite, & state of arousal. The relationship between cerebrospinal fluid orexin & specific psychiatric symptoms in 101 patients who had attempted suicide was investigated. There were significant & negative correlations between cerebrospinal fluid orexin & the symptoms lassitude & slowness of movement […]

This editorial discusses suicidal behaviour among women. The effects of various risk & protective factors are examined. Recommendations are made for future research & prevention activities. (31 refs.)

208 homeless youths completed surveys on the streets & in agencies in New York City & Toronto. Stuctural equation modelling was used to test a theoretical model developed from exploratory work, & regression analyses were used to examine the influence of home & street contextual variables. The centrality of the trapped experience in a model […]

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Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 75-001-XIE