Journal of Psychiatry

Age and gender differences of suicidal risks among Russian adolescents

27^th International Conference on PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOLOGY HEALTH

June 18-19, 2018 Paris, France

K. Belogai, E. Evseenkova, Y. Borisenko, I. Morozova, E. Kagan and S. Gutova

Kemerovo State University, Russia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Psychiatry

Abstract:

Relying on different studies of suicidal risks (D.A. Jobes, E.M. Peterson, D. Pentiuc, V. Downing, T.S. Aparchina, E.L. Usacheva, A.F. Minullina, T.F. Rudzinskaya, A.A. Volochkov, A.V. Melekhin, V.A. Rozanov) we assumed as suicidal risks predictors: health problems (depression, health problems, received treatment, genetics, neurological status), social risks (family risks, conflicts, social status, deviant behavior) and personal problems (addiction, stress, crisis, values and senses, coping strategies) and elaborated new suicide risk measure named Hopeless Situation Inventory. 112 adolescent participants aged 13-17 years old were recruited and compensated through the local Research community. They were assessed on a number of measures: 30-min face-to-face baseline survey interview (conducted between September 2017 and February 2018), and also Hopeless Situation Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Reasons for Living Scale (Linehan et. al., 1983), Hopelessness Scale for Children (HLPS), Amirkchanâ??s Questionnaire, Nemchinâ??s Questionnaire, Iliinâ??s Deviant Risks Inventory. Most of the respondents demonstrated normal level of depression (81%), 16% indicated mild depression and 4% - moderate depression. 49%participants indicated no hopelessness, 39% - middle hopelessness, and 12% - high hopelessness. The hopelessness level was found to determinate pro-suicide choice in difficult social situation of adolescent respondent including lover betrayal, graduate exams failure, risks in social networks, problems with parents and peer and parents' rejection (especially significant for male respondents). According to these findings we are now developing prevention strategy for adolescents which includes: prevention of suicidal attempts, reducing self-harm consequences, improving the quality of life, improving social and school functioning, supporting mental health and physical symptoms treatment.

Biography :

Ksenia Belogai is the Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer of Acmeology and Developmental Psychology Department of Kemerovo State University. She has published more than 20 papers in Russian reputed journals and author of more than 50 publications in psychology supported by Russian Research Funds. Her scientific interests are child and adolescent psychology, body image and eating disorders, parenting psychology.

E-mail: belogi@mail.ru