The Impact of Mental Health Education on Reducing Adolescent Suicide

A Case Study of Shanghai

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.310How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mental health education, Adolescent suicide, Shanghai

Abstract

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents today. Schools in different countries all make great efforts to reach the youth, yet there is no conclusive evidence regarding the effect of mental health programs in China. The purpose of this article is to examine the efficacy of mental health education programs on curbing suicide for primary and secondary schools in Shanghai. Through a longitudinal analysis, we compared the suicide rates of adolescents in the years 2008 and 2012 in two districts of Shanghai respectively, namely Jiading and Hongkou. The data is from surveys conducted under the guidance of Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Results show that after the introduction of policy on mental health education, there was a decline in suicide rates among middle school students in both districts. To conclude, mental health education can benefit adolescents via various forms. However, due to limited data, we cannot compare more successive data. Future research can be done with more adequate data on larger scales.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linjuan Cai
AU  - Yimiao Han
AU  - Jiannan Shi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - The Impact of Mental Health Education on Reducing Adolescent Suicide
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1084
EP  - 1089
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.310
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.310
ID  - Cai2021
ER  -