J Korean Med Assoc.  2013 Feb;56(2):100-110. 10.5124/jkma.2013.56.2.100.

Current interventions, strategies, and networking of adolescent suicide

• Bae JY
• Lee SY
• Lee YS
• Choi MM
• Cho IH

• KMID: 1785378
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2013.56.2.100

Abstract

In this paper, the current status of adolescent suicide prevention and intervention are addressed, including areas related to medicine, counseling, mental health nursing, social welfare, and education. Many preventive efforts and intervention programs have been developed and implemented, but the results have been mostly minimal or unfruitful and many problems arose. First, there is a lack of epidemiological research and developmentally appropriate data on adolescent suicide. Thus evidence-based research on adolescent suicide necessary to make important decisions regarding prevention strategies and the allocation of budgets and human resources is not available. Second, there are only a handful of experts with an appropriate level of education and training. Current suicide prevention efforts are performed as a part of crisis intervention, but only a few persons know how to do so effectively. Finally, a good networking and referral system among each area of service is needed. One of the most important issues might be balancing the levels of service available to each subject and to provide a proper, systematized intervention and continuous crisis management services. In order to create an effective networking and referral system among several service providers for adolescent suicide prevention, we need robust support from the Korean government and local communities.

Keyword

Adolescent suicide; Prevention; Intervention; Strategy; Networking

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Budgets
Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Hand
Humans
Mental Health
Referral and Consultation
Social Welfare
Suicide

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  Figure 1 Suicide crisis intervention and postvention for suicide attempters in health care system. D, Disorder; CMHC, community mental health center.

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  Figure 2 Systematic stakeholder model of school-based suicide prevention.

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  Figure 3 Diagram of Community Youth Safety-Net (CYS-Net) support for crisis counseling.

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