Resource Tag: MEXICO

Objective: Suicide is the culmination of a process or continuum known as suicidal behavior that proceeds from ideation and planning to attempt. The objective was to estimate the prevalence of suicide attempts in the adult  Mexican population and to analyze their main associated factors. Methods: We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study with information […]

The 2024 México National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People is a groundbreaking study that captures the experiences of over 10,000 LGBTQ+ young people aged 13 to 24 across México. This inaugural report presents findings on the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people  in  México, an area in which research has been […]

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of populations around the world, but few longitudinal studies of its impact on suicidal thoughts and behaviors have been published especially from low- and middle-income countries. Methods: This is a prospective cohort study of 1,385 first-year students from 5 Universities in Mexico followed-up for 1 year. We report […]

Suicide is defined as the action of harming oneself with the intention of dying. It is estimated that worldwide, one person dies by suicide every 40 s, making it a major health problem. Studies in families have suggested that suicide has a genetic component, so the search for genetic variants associated with suicidal behavior could […]

Aim This study investigated the relationship between direct exposure to physical attacks and mental health (depression and suicide attempts) in the Mexican adult population. It also examined biological sex as a possible effect modifier. Subject and methods A representative sample of 13,391 adults from the 2021 National Health and Nutrition Survey of Mexico (ENSANUT) was […]

This study examined descriptions of suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) to identify risk and protective factors that may present in clinical settings among university students from Latin America. Our focus was on answering the following key questions: How are suicidal thoughts and behavior described? What are reasons for wanting to die and for living? What impact […]

Objective. To update prior studies on the impact of Co- vid-19 on suicide in Mexico. Materials and methods. We used interrupted time-series analysis to model the national trend in monthly suicides before Covid-19 (January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides with the observed number for the remainder of the […]

Objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted mental health worldwide, and suicide can be a serious outcome of this. Thus, suicide characteristics were examined before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City. Methods This is a retrospective study including all Mexico City residents who had a coroner’s record with a cause of death of […]

Introduction: the rate of death by suicide has increased in Mexico, representing a significant public health problem. To prevent and treat this phenomenon, it is crucial to identify reliable suicide risk  factors among Mexicans. The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide has demonstrated empirical support for the role of thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and acquired capability in […]

In recent years, Mexico has seen one of the largest increases in suicide rates worldwide, especially among adolescents and young adults. This study uses data from the 1,071 respondents who participated in a two‐wave longitudinal study when they were between 12 and 17 years of age, and again when they were between 19 and 26 years of […]

Previous research reports a significant prevalence of child depression worldwide and self‐concept as a predictor of depression and suicide behavior. Although suicide in children is an increasing problem in Mexico, there are scarce studies reporting risk factors and none of children in foster care institutions. This was a comparative, ex post facto study whose aim […]

Background and objective Suicide is a worldwide health problem and climatological characteristics have been associated with suicide behavior. However, approaches such as the Knowledge Discovery in Database are not frequently used to search for an association between climatological characteristics and suicide. The aim of the present study was to assess the association between weather data […]

In Mexico, suicides are increasing in certain latitudes where local rates have grown to levels of alert; suicide is also the second most common cause of death for the group aged 15 to 19. The psychological autopsy method was utilized to uncover and analyze common factors in all of the registered suicides within 2011 and […]

This study utilized an ecological framework to explore the role of 4 culturally relevant protective factors, reasons for living, Afrocentric worldview, family support, and friend support, in protecting Black American college students from suicidal behavior. Participants were 289 Black American college students. We hypothesized that these 4 culturally relevant factors would exert indirect protective effects […]

The Risk for Suicide Questionnaire was translated into Spanish & administered to all fifth & sixth grade students at a private school in Guadalajara, Mexico whose parents had given consent for participation. Beck’s Depression & Hopelessness Inventories were also completed. The parents of children who were at suicide risk were contacted & invited to come […]

The lifetime & 12-month prevalence & associations of mental health treatment among Mexican adolescents with suicide-related outcomes are reported. A representative multistage probability household survey of 3005 adolescents in Mexico City was done in 2005. Discrete-time survival analyses were used. The prevalence of lifetime service use among respondents with suicide-related outcomes was 35% for those […]

The authors estimated the prevalence of disturbed sleep & associated factors among ninth graders living on the Texas-Mexico border. Probabilistic sampling was used to conduct 2 cross-sectional, school-based surveys, 1 during the 2000-2001 school year in Texas & 1 during the 2002-2003 school year in Mexico. Disturbed sleep during the 4 weeks before the survey […]

Migration to the United States was examined as a risk factor for suicidal behaviour among people of Mexican origin. Data was pooled from 2 nationally representative surveys in the United States & Mexico. Discrete time survival models were used to account for time-varying & time-invariant characteristics, including psychiatric disorders. Risk for suicide ideation was higher […]

This study explored the existence of a relationship between low self-esteem & depressive symptomatology with suicide ideation & explored if gender has an effect in this interaction. Data were obtained from 3 samples of Mexican adolescent students. Girls showed a higher frequency of low self-esteem than boys in 2 of the studies. In the other […]

This study investigated suicide notes drawn from Mexico & the United States as these countries share geographical proximity, but markedly different cultures & suicide rates. A theoretical conceptual analysis of 102 suicide notes, matched for age & gender, was undertaken based on a thematic model of suicide developed by Leenaars across countries. The inter-judge reliability […]

Nationally representative data from Mexico are presented on the lifetime & 12-month prevalence of the onset of suicide ideation, suicidal plans, & suicide attempt as well as associated DSM-IV psychiatric disorders & service utilization. Data are from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey which was carried out in 2001-2003 with a sample of 5,782 respondents, age […]

Nationally representative data from the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey are presented on the lifetime prevalence & age-of-onset distributions of suicide ideation, plan, & attempt & on temporally prior demographic & DSM-IV psychiatric risk factors. Lifetime ideation was reported by 8.1% of respondents, while 3.2% reported a lifetime plan, & 2.7% a lifetime suicide attempt. Onset […]

Despite considerable ethnographic research with young people in street situations & a growing interest in violence, little attention has been paid to suicide. The occurrence of suicide is a dramatic event that reveals weaknesses in support systems established by governments & civil society organisations, as well as perceived failings of friends. While an interest in […]