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      Estudio de la imitación como factor de riesgo para ideación suicida en estudiantes universitarios adolescentes Translated title: Study of Imitation as a Risk Factor for Suicidal Ideation in University Adolescent Students.

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          El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar la imitación como factor de riesgo asociado con las conductas suicidas en estudiantes universitarios adolescentes. Se realizó un muestreo multietápico, estratificado, con 197 estudiantes (como representantes de la población universitaria). Los datos de las mediciones se obtuvieron mediante entrevistas psiquiátricas, en las que se evaluaron la presencia de conductas suicidas, así como factores de riesgo, incluida la imitación. Para analizar los patrones de asociación entre variables y su relación con la imitación se utilizó una metodología de análisis estadístico con correspondencias múltiples. Se encontró que 56 estudiantes (28,4%, IC 95%: 22,2%-35,3%) estuvieron expuestos a información sobre alguna persona que cometió suicidio, principalmente un amigo. La exposición a este tipo de información fue llamada, para fines del presente estudio, riesgo de imitación. El pertenecer a grupos sociales (especialmente deportivos), tener diagnóstico psiquiátrico del espectro depresivo, tener acceso a métodos letales e historia de abuso físico en la infancia se asoció con riesgo de imitación. Los adolescentes con aislamiento social, trastornos de ansiedad y uso de sustancias psicoactivas tienen riesgo de imitación si el suicidio lo comete un amigo. Este estudio sugiere que la imitación desempeña un papel importante como factor de riesgo en algunos grupos de adolescentes, principalmente cuando hay coexistencia de trastornos psiquiátricos. El seguimiento de estas características es un componente que se recomienda al realizar actividades de prevención de suicidio en jóvenes y resalta la importancia del manejo de la información en lo relacionado con promoción de salud mental.

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          The objective of this study was to evaluate imitation as an associated factor in suicidal behavior in adolescent university students. Multi-step, stratified sampling has been used. A stratified sample of 197 students was selected as representative of the university population where the investigation has been conducted. Data was obtained using psychiatric interviews in order to evaluate the presence and risk factors of suicidal behavior, including imitation. To evaluate patterns of association between variables, and its relationship with imitation, Multiple Correspondence Analysis has been used. A total of 56 students having information about someone committing suicide, mainly friends, were found (28.4%, IC95%: 22.2% - 35.3%). Exposure to this type of information has been called risk of imitation. Belonging to social groups, mainly sport groups, having psychiatric diagnostic of the depressive spectrum, access to lethal methods and a story of childhood physical abuse were associated with risk of imitation. Adolescents with social isolation, anxiety disorders and use of psychoactive substances has imitation risk if a friend has committed suicide. This study suggests that imitation plays an important role as risk factor in some groups of adolescents, principally when psychiatric disorders coexist. Targeting such characteristics is a recommended component of youth suicide prevention efforts and raises the importance of handling information in mental health promotion.

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            Clustering of teenage suicides after television news stories about suicide.

            We examined the relation between 38 nationally televised news or feature stories about suicide from 1973 to 1979 and the fluctuation of the rate of suicide among American teenagers before and after these stories. The observed number of suicides by teenagers from zero to seven days after these broadcasts (1666) was significantly greater than the number expected (1555; P = 0.008). The more networks that carried a story about suicide, the greater was the increase in suicides thereafter (P = 0.0004). These findings persisted after correction for the effects of the day of the week, the month, holidays, and yearly trends. Teenage suicides increased more than adult suicides after stories about suicide (6.87 vs. 0.45 percent). Suicides increased as much after general-information or feature stories about suicide as after news stories about a particular suicide. Six alternative explanations of these findings were assessed, including the possibility that the results were due to misclassification or were statistical artifacts. We conclude that the best available explanation is that television stories about suicide trigger additional suicides, perhaps because of imitation.
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              Psychiatric Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care

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                Journal
                rcp
                Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría
                rev.colomb.psiquiatr.
                Asociacion Colombiana de Psiquiatria. (Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia )
                0034-7450
                March 2005
                : 34
                : 1
                : 12-25
                Affiliations
                [03] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
                [02] orgnameUniversidad de La Sabana.
                [01] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Colombia rsanchezpe@ 123456unal.edu.co
                Article
                S0034-74502005000100002 S0034-7450(05)03400102
                4ef60f8d-5720-44d5-8d9f-5ddfcb74312f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 29 January 2005
                : 18 October 2004
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 46, Pages: 14
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                adolescent,suicide,risk factors,imitative behavior,adolescentes,suicidio,factores de riesgo,conducta imitativa

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