Citation

Adamczyk P. Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej 2021; 17(1): 114-134.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021)

DOI

10.18778/1733-8069.17.1.08

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Despite the growing number of media reports about the severe crisis of the system of psychological and psychiatric care as well as related increase in the number of suicides and suicide attempts among children and youth, this subject is still absent from the political debate in Poland. Drawing on the review of relevant literature, statistical data, and media reports about children and youth psychiatry, this article attempts to describe selected contexts of this crisis in sociological terms. Special attention is paid to family relations - which are frequently a taboo topic in the Polish context - and their ambiguous influence on children and youth, also during the therapeutic process after the suicide attempts. The article also undertakes the theme of the institutional crisis of the Polish healthcare system regarding psychological and psychiatric care. © 2021 PSJ Tom.

Language: pl

Keywords

Family; Suicide; Suicide attempt; Psychiatric care; Apparent actions; The sociology of children and youth