Stop Suicide. Suicide. Suicide Warning Signs. Suicide Risk Factors. Suicide Protective Factors. Teen Suicide Prevention. Student Suicide. Teen suicides highest in 15 years but overall rate falls: SOS, Singapore News. Every month last year, more than two young people aged 10 to 19 killed themselves.
The year's total of 27 was twice as many as the year before and the highest in 15 years. The rate also stands in contrast with the overall reported suicide rate in Singapore, which last year was at its lowest since 2012. Teenage girl falls to her death at Ang Mo Kio. 11-year-old boy’s suicide due to exam and parental stress: State Coroner. SINGAPORE: For the first time in his life, the 11-year-old boy had failed his exams. Rather than face the disappointment of his parents, he jumped 17 floors from his bedroom window. On Friday (Oct 21), State Coroner Marvin Bay concluded that the boy’s death was not from an accidental fall but an act of suicide, adding that he seemed to have buckled under his parents’ pressure.
The court heard that on the morning of May 18 this year, the day he was to show his parents his mid-year examination results, the Primary 5 student locked himself in his bedroom. Shortly after when his parents realised the door was locked, they opened it with a spare key and found him missing. They later found him at the foot of the block at 470A Fernvale Link. The boy’s mother, referred as Mrs H, admitted that she would cane her only son “lightly” on his palm whenever he scored less than 70 marks in exams. The boy’s mother was aware that he had received some of his exam papers earlier. It Changed My Life: How a mother lost her 11-year-old son to depression, Singapore News. The three notebooks are filled with doodles, comic strips, riddles and little stories, rendered and written in pencil.
One quirky drawing has a parrot mouthing its response to the poser: What do you get when you cross a centipede with a chicken? Answer: Drumsticks for everyone. The illustrations spring from the fertile imagination of Evan, the eldest of Doreen Kho's four children. SG Suicide Cases 2015. Teen suicide: diary of 17-year-old girl in Singapore. Suicide not usually result of single source of stress, says IMH doctor. SINGAPORE: Family and interpersonal relationships are the main causes that get teenagers thinking of suicide - although exam stress is often a contributing factor, according to Dr Ong Say How of the Institute of Mental Health.
Last year, 27 teenagers aged 10 to 19 killed themselves - the highest number in Singapore in 15 years. While it might be tempting to attribute the deaths to growing stress from school, said the chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, it is important to recognise that acts of suicide tend to occur not because of one particular source of stress, but out of several factors. These include interpersonal relationships which can make one teenager more vulnerable than others, said Dr Ong, speaking to the programme On the Red Dot in a recent episode on suicide. (Watch the episode on Toggle.) Stresses from work and interpersonal relationships are the leading cause for suicide ideation in some other age groups. Teen suicides: Watch out for those on the edge, Singapore News. More than two young people aged 10 to 19 killed themselves every month last year.
Teen suicides here hit a 15-year high last year, reaching a total of 27. This is on a par with other fast-paced cities like Hong Kong, with an average of 23 student suicides annually in recent years. The latest statistics show that more Singaporeans are choosing to die at a younger age, in their teens, though young adults aged 20 to 29 were at the highest risk of suicide last year. Apart from commonly known sources of stress such as academic pressure and relationship issues, there are other emerging factors that increase suicide risk among teens, such as cyber bullying or spending too much time on the Internet. Social media sites accentuate social comparison and fuel the need for a person to show that he has it all together, even when he may be struggling. Suicide File. Singapore has third highest rate of bullying globally: Study, Education News.
Fifteen-year-olds here experience more bullying than their peers in 50 other countries and economies, and only the children of Latvia and New Zealand have it worse, said a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The findings were released in the third volume of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), a three-yearly study run by the OECD. In the study conducted in 2015, students were asked to report how frequently they were exposed to six different types of bullying according to a four-point scale, ranging from "never or almost never" to "once a week or more". The six categories were: being left out, made fun of, threatened, property taken by other students, being hit or pushed around, and having nasty rumours spread about them. They measured physical, verbal and relational bullying, like social exclusion. The countries were ranked according to an index based on an aggregate of the responses. More vulnerable teens as stress levels increase, Singapore News - AsiaOne.
More children and teens, aged 19 and below, have asked for help after considering suicide.
The Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) said that in 2013, they had 224 clients from this age group writing in to them through its E-mail Befriending Service, which is more popular among the younger age groups. And of them, 163 clients, or 73 per cent, were considered to be at real risk of taking their lives. The group is of concern for SOS because of the rise in the number of youngsters seeking help: they saw 65 more young people in 2013, compared with the year before. Add to that the fact that a caller or writer to SOS can remain anonymous and not reveal his age and this number could be just the tip of a iceberg. SOS executive director Christine Wong explained that young people were vulnerable because they may not have the resources to deal with pain and conflict.
"Many young people find it difficult to talk about their struggle and to express the pain they are feeling inside," she said. Study-linked stress a growing concern, Education News. Ask Kieran Lee, 11, what he would like his day to be like and he says he wishes that homework time can be capped at just an hour.
But no, school need not be cancelled. At teen suicide forum, parents asked to 'talk less, listen more' SINGAPORE: A child who acts up could be showing signs of delinquency - or of suicidal depression.
So, are parents right to respond to misbehaviour with “tough love”? Posed this quandary, Dr Ong Lue Ping, the Institute of Mental Health’s principal clinical psychologist, said: “Tough love is still love … A lot of times we find that it’s not really the method that makes a difference. It’s really the relationship. “If the relationship is strong, even if it’s tough love, the child may see it as my parents having concern for me. But if the relationship is negative (from the) start ... then the tough love may have a negative impact.” Study: Identifying Suicide Risk Factors. Exam stress among the young: When grades define worth, Singapore News. One counsellor recalled how a 13-year-old girl scored 83 marks in mathematics but was scolded by her mother for being careless on one of the questions.
"Her mother told her that she could have scored above 85 had she been more careful," said Ms Lena Teo, deputy director of therapy and mental wellness services at the Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association Singapore. The girl was referred to her because of anxiety, depression and self-harm. Then, there was a mother who made her son retake the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE), even though he had passed the first time. "I was shocked," said Dr Carol Balhetchet, senior director for youth services at the Singapore Children's Society. Singapore students suffer from high levels of anxiety: Study, Education News. Singapore students may be topping the charts in mathematics, science and reading, but it is exacting a heavy emotional price on them.
An international study suggests that Singapore students, known worldwide for academic excellence, also experience high levels of anxiety and have been exposed to bullying. The findings emerged in a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which conducts the triennial tests called the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa). The study polled 540,000 students from 72 countries and economies to look at the connection between well-being and achievement in the Pisa tests.
One question that the 5,825 Singapore students who were polled did not have to answer was on how satisfied they were with life, but their responses to the other questions revealed that most were anxious about tests and grades. It emerged that their anxiety levels were significantly higher than the OECD average for all five questions. Family history of suicide among suicide victims. - PubMed - NCBI. Social and Interpersonal Factors Relating to Adolescent Suicidality: A Review of the Literature. Impact of an empowerment-based parent education program on the reduction of youth suicide risk factors. Social Aspects of Suicidal Behavior and Prevention in Early Life: A Review.
Nock Suicidal Correlates. Reference to Suicide in Singapore Article (The Family Physician) The Singapore Family Physician » College of Family Physicians Singapore. Psychological vulnerability to completed suicide: a review of empirical studies. - PubMed - NCBI. Biological risk factors for suicidal behaviors: a meta-analysis. Personality traits and suicidal behavior and ideation in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older. - PubMed - NCBI. Predictors of suicidal behaviour found in blood. Hikrcn/Shutterstock More people with suicidal thoughts might find help in time if doctors were able to test them for molecular signs, or biomarkers, of heightened risk.
People who are intent on taking their own life may not seek counsel or discuss their thoughts with others. Having some ways of predicting the rise of suicidal thoughts could help save at least some of the 1 million people worldwide who die that way every year. “It’s a preventable tragedy,” says Alexander Niculescu, a psychiatrist at Indiana University in Indianapolis who is looking for biological signs of suicide risk.
Because of the brain's complexity and inaccessibility, the search for predictors of suicide risk has instead focused on molecular signs, or biomarkers. The study by Niculescu and his colleagues had four distinct phases. Next, the researchers checked their results against blood samples taken by the coroner from nine men who had committed suicide. Add a black plaster to your profile. World Suicide Prevention Day 2016 - Q&A by Supporters. #howru - A Plaster For Singapore's Deepest Wounds. The black SOS plasters return for World Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide prevention centre Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) has partnered with TBWA\Singapore to continue the Plaster the Silence campaign as part of World Suicide Prevention Week.
The #Howru campaign encourages everyone to show support by wearing a black SOS plaster on their inner wrists. The aim of the plaster is to start conversations, emphasising that the first step to suicide prevention is getting people to open up about their feelings and their experiences. Last year’s campaign saw the late former President of Singapore, SR Nathan, fronting the suicide prevention campaign.
Brands that will be coming on board to support the cause include Hansaplast which donated media space across 10 stores where they have retail presence and Mediacorp which has sponsored outdoor space at bus shelters. Golden Village and WE cinemas have also donated their advertising space for a special 60-second commercial. Watch the video here: 2015/2016 Suicide Awareness Campaign. It's Time to Take Suicide Seriously. Seriously.
Samaritans of Singapore and TBWA launch a campaign urging people to take suicide seriously - Campaign Brief Asia. "The weather is so hot I want to die. " "If the train delays again I might kill myself. " "My WiFi is down. #killmenow" People use these types of phrases all the time, both online and in everyday conversations. It's a way to dramatise a situation, but they never actually intend to take their own life.
2017 Suicide Campaign - Time to be serious. Please Don't Die. Helplines. Risk Factors and Warning Signs — AFSP. LIST OF HELPLINES. SOS The Situation. SOS The Hope. SOS The Warning Signs. SOS The Risk Factors.