Prevalence of Suicide Attempts among Chinese adolescents: A Meta-analysis of Cross-sectional Studies

According to World Health Organization, for every committed suicide there were 20 suicide attempts at least. In the last decade, despite the increasing awareness on suicide attempts among adolescents in China, there has been no comprehensive system reporting vital statistics. Consequently, the prevalence of suicide attempts reported in some studies ranged variedly. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to provide the first meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies of suicide attempts to fill this gap.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - May 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jiande Hu, Yonghai Dong, Xiaodan Chen, Yun Liu, Dongyang Ma, Xiaoyun Liu, Ruizhi Zheng, Xiangqun Mao, Ting Chen, Wei He Source Type: research