Assessment Clinical Profile of Suicide in Children and Adolescents of Rasht City
Subject Areas : Journal of Educational Psychology
Fatemeh pournasrollah
1
,
maedeh mirzaei malati
2
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
2 - PhD student in Psychology Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.student
Keywords: Suicide, children, adolescents, clinical profile,
Abstract :
Suicide and suicidal thoughts among children and teenagers are often underestimated. The present study was conducted to evaluate the clinical profile of suicide in children and adolescents in Rasht. The present research method is descriptive - reporting cases over a period of six months and the data collection method was done in the field. The statistical population was all children and teenagers who committed suicide in Rasht city in 2021, among which 30 children and teenagers were hospitalized in Shafa, Razi, 17 Shahrivar, and Poursina hospitals of Rasht. Available sampling was selected. A demographic checklist, morbid symptoms questionnaire, and clinical symptoms list were used to collect information. Also, data were analyzed using SPSS-24 software and the chi-square test. According to the list of clinical symptoms, the majority of participants have depression, and the rest have somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, hostility, phobia, paranoid thoughts, and psychosis. Based on the questionnaire of pathological symptoms of children, the participants had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the rest had confrontational disobedience, behavior, obsessive thoughts, obsessive actions, post-traumatic stress, movement tics, major depression, persistent depression, and social anxiety. Family history, addiction, history of childhood trauma, running away from school, mental problems, history of hospitalization, and especially factors such as depression and anxiety are the main factors in suicide in children and adolescents who attempt suicide. it is necessary for psychologists and school officials to take measures to improve the mental health of children and adolescents.