The 2nd Edition: Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention among Young People in the Context of Global Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

After the success of the first edition of the Special Issue on “Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention among Young People”, we are pleased to invite researchers to contribute to the second Special Issue. Suicide remains a global public health concern and one of the leading causes of death in young people worldwide. Among the strongest predictors of death by suicide are self-harm and previous suicide attempts, both of which are the focus of suicide prevention interventions for young people. Suicidal behaviour and self-harm are complex phenomena that are underpinned by a coming together of biological, experiential, psychological, sociological, cultural and political factors. Global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality and precarity, as well as pandemics, offer a contextual backdrop that may be key to understanding the increasing rates of suicide and self-harm among young people.

The second edition of this Special Issue focuses on bringing together research across different disciplines to (i) understand the pathways, processes, experiences and factors that underlie self-harm and suicidal behaviour among young people; and (ii) highlight interventions for self-harm and suicidal behaviour that are targeted, personalised and address the specific needs of young people. We are particularly interested in research which takes into account the context of global challenges in understanding pathways and processes, and when developing, testing and implementing interventions. We invite contributions that utilise methodologies or approaches that are new to, or less recognised in, research into self-harm and suicide. For this Special Issue, empirical papers (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods) including systematic reviews and meta-analyses are invited from the fields of public health, medicine, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and the medical humanities.

Dr. Maria Michail
Dr. Anna Lavis
Dr. Pooja Saini
Guest Editors

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