Citation

Z K, D O. Mongolian Medical Sciences 2015; 67-73.

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(Copyright © 2015)

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Abstract

Each suicide is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuingripple effect, dramatically affecting the lives of families, friends and communities.Suicidal behavior maybe seen in all agegroups, but its incidence among young peopleand adolescentshas increased in recentyears. Suicide was the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds, globally. WHO AdolescentHealth Report disclose that major depression leads teenage boys and girls aged 10-19 to disability, andtotal 1.2 million teenagers were died due to the three leading causes of adolescent's death such as roadtraffic accidents, HIV, and suicidal behavior. In Mongolia, up to now, a comprehensive study for definingprevalence, incidence, causes and influencing factors of fatal and non-fatal suicide cases among teenagershas not yet been conducted. Media broadcast shows increase in fatal and non-fatal suicidal behavior latelyin Mongolia's society which worries the public. According to study results Global School based StudentHealth Survey 2013, 23 % of total 5393 students aged 12-17 were seriously considered attempt suicidalbehavior; 9.6% were did attempt suicidal behavior in the past one year, girls attempts were more than boysas reported. Thus social mental health disturbance require comprehensive study to identifyfatal and nonfatalsuicidal behavior causes and pathways among adolescents. There's necessity to plan care servicein the near future.

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