Björn Bouwmeester Stjernetun, Catharina Gillsjö, Elzana Odzakovic, Jenny Hallgren
"It´s like walking in a bubble", nursing students´ perspectives on age suit simulation in a home environment - group interviews from reflection seminars
BMC nursing
suicide elementary schoolaged children well studied despite recent increase suicide rate among us black children objectives study describe characteristics precipitating circumstances suicide elementary schoolaged children relative early adolescent decedents identify potential withingroup racial differences analyzed national violent death reporting system nvdrs surveillance data capturing suicide deaths 2003 2012 17 us states participants included suicide decedents aged 5 14 years n 693 age group comparisons 511 years 1214 years conducted using 2 test fishers exact test appropriate compared early adolescents died suicide children died suicide commonly male black died hangingstrangulationsuffocation died home children died suicide often experienced relationship problems family membersfriends 603 vs 460 p 02 less often experienced boyfriendgirlfriend problems 0 vs 160 p 001 left suicide note 77 vs 302 p 001 among suicide decedents known mental health problems n 210 childhood decedents often experienced attentiondeficit disorder without hyperactivity 593 vs 290 p 002 less often experienced depressiondysthymia 333 vs 656 p 001 compared early adolescent decedents findings raise questions impulsive responding psychosocial adversity younger suicide decedents suggest need common developmentallyspecific suicide prevention strategies elementary schoolaged early adolescent years research investigate factors associated recent increase suicide rates among black children