Suicide in Asia and the Pacific
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 August 2024 | Viewed by 2280
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human rights and mental health; suicide and suicide prevention; domestic violence against women and children; child neglect/exploitation; spirituality and faith-based and spiritual/traditional healing
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Interests: global mental health; cultural mental health; migration mental health; conflict and disasters; mental health systems; mental health policies; programs and services; sustainable development agenda; human rights and human security
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15–29-year-olds and, in many countries, the leading cause of death among young males. The burden of disease attributable to suicide is substantial. The impact of years of life lost on national economies is immense, and the impact of suicide on families and communities is profound and long-lasting. Almost 80% of suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries with limited resources for suicide prevention. Reducing the suicide rate is the only quantitative mental health target in the Sustainable Development Agenda. This Special Issue calls for papers from across Asia and the Pacific on all aspects of suicide and from all relevant research, policy, and practice disciplines. Diverse types of articles (conceptual/theoretical, empirical, critical commentary, policy, case study, lived experience, systematic review, etc.) and methodologies are welcome. Recommended topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Epidemiology of suicide;
- Burden of disease and economics of suicide;
- Determinants, risk, and protective factors;
- Disasters, conflicts, emergencies, economic crises, and suicide;
- Sustainable development, human security, and suicide;
- Migration and suicide;
- Cultural, historical, and religious contexts and influences;
- Historical studies of suicide and suicide prevention;
- Suicide stigma and discrimination;
- Leadership, intersectoral and regional cooperation, and capacity-building for suicide prevention for suicide prevention;
- Suicide-relevant laws;
- Suicide prevention policies and strategies, and interventions, programs, and services;
- Lived experience of suicidal thinking and actions, and experience of help-seeking;
- Suicide awareness programs and suicide prevention training;
- Digital methods and programs for suicide prevention;
- Suicide research ethics, research methods, and research protocols.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Prof. Dr. Erminia Colucci
Prof. Harry Minas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- suicide
- epidemiology
- suicide determinants
- risk
- assessment
- prevention
- intervention
- suicide policy
- strategy
- lprogram
- burden of disease
- digital transformation
- culture
- religion
- stigma
- law
- suicide prevention training
- suicide research ethics
