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PREDICTORS OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND RISK FACTORS OF SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG YOUNGSTERS

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Aswin Manimaran1, Chandan kumar Venkoba Roa2, Padmavathi Rajarajan3, Pavithra Sasikumar4, Sharvesh Sivakumar5, Prakash Selvam6, Manivasakam Prakash7*, Satheesh Saravanan8, Saravanaraj SS9
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si10.00299

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An act of self-inflicted harm, with a fatal outcome, and with an explicit or implicit intent to die" is how the dictionary defines suicide. Young individuals frequently have suicidal thoughts, especially teenagers and young adults. In Tamil Nadu, young people's suicide ideation and risk factors were the subjects of this study. Data from a web-based survey were gathered over a 6-month cross-sectional observational study. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 27 was used to analyze the data. P-value, Regression factor, Mean, and Standard deviation were also used on the pertinent data. 70 (19.9%) of the 352 individuals were at risk of suicide, while the remaining 282 (80.1%) were not at risk of young people committing suicide. Suicidal thinking was discovered to be correlated with a mildly lower level of life satisfaction and a constant stream of stress from medical issues in a child's life, and these elements play a big part in setting off suicidal thoughts. We distributed leaflets on mental health services to raise awareness about them and to prevent young people from having suicidal thoughts.

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